TY - BOOK AU - Collis,David J. TI - International strategy: concepts, contexts and implications SN - 9781405139687 U1 - 658.401 PY - 2014/// CY - Chichester PB - Wiley KW - International business enterprises KW - Management KW - Competition N1 - Includes index; 1. The ubiquity and importance of international competition -- 2. Why do firms go international? The justification for the existence of the multinational corporation -- 3. What is distinctively international about international strategy? -- 4. What is uniquely strategic about international strategy? -- 5. Generic international strategies -- 6. Choice of generic international strategy -- 7. What product? -- 8. Which country? -- 9. Where to locate? -- 10. How to organize? -- 11. The modern multinational: is there one best strategy? Are we all transnational now? N2 - Provides theoretical insight and pragmatic tools that address the decisions facing senior managers in multinational corporations; explores the critical differences between domestic and international competition: the heterogeneity of markets in which companies are involved; the volatility of economic conditions that firms face; and the increased scale of activities fostered by global participation ER -