Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Pt. 1. History and theory of the multinational Enterprise -- Ch. 1. The History of Multinational Enterprise / Mira Wilkins -- Ch. 2. The Key Literature on IB Activities: 1960-2006 / John H. Dunning -- Ch. 3. The Gravity Model in International Trade / Michele Fratianni -- Ch. 4. Strategic Complexity in International Business / Peter Buckley and Mark Casson -- Ch. 5. Theories of the Multinational Enterprise / Jean-Francois Hennart -- Ch. 6. Location, Competitiveness, and the Multinational Enterprise / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke -- Pt. 2. The political and regulatory environment -- Ch. 7. Sovereignty@Bay: Globalization, Multinational Enterprise, and the International Political System / Stephen J. Kobrin -- Ch. 8. National Policies and Domestic Politics / Debora L. Spar -- Ch. 9. Multinational Enterprises and Public Policy / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke -- Ch. 10. Unbulding the Institution-Based View of International Business Strategy / Mike W. Peng with Theodore A. Khoury -- Ch. 11. Multilateral Institutions and Policies and Their Implications for Multinational Business Strategy / Thomas L. Brewer and Stephen Young -- Pt. 3. Strategy for MNEs -- Ch. 12. Strategy and the Multinational Enterprise / Stephen B. Tallman and George S. Yip -- Ch. 13. The Multinational Enterprise as an Organization / D. Eleanor Westney and Srilata Zaheer -- Ch. 14. Strategy and Management in MNE Subsidiaries / Julian Birkinshaw and Torben Pedersen -- Ch. 15. Strategic Alliances / Andrew C. Inkpen -- Pt. 4. Managing the MNE -- Ch. 16. Innovation and Information Technology in the MNE / John Cantwell -- Ch. 17. Contemporary Research Trends in International Marketing: The 2008 / Masaaki (Mike) Kotabe with Crystal X. Jiang -- Ch. 18. Culture and Human Resources Management / John L. Graham -- Ch. 19. Environmental Policy and International Business / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbek -- Ch. 20. International Financial Management and Multinational Enterprises / Michael Bowe -- Ch. 21. Taxes, Transfer Pricing, and the Multinational Enterprise / Lorraine Eden -- Pt. 5. Regional studies -- Ch. 22. Japan / D. Eleanor Westney -- Ch. 23. China and International Business / John Child -- Ch. 24. The Smaller Scale Economies of Pacific Asia and their Business Systems / Gordon Redding -- Pt. 6. Methodological issues -- Ch. 25. Methodological Contributions in International Business and the Direction of Academic Research Activity / Bruce Kogut -- Ch. 26. Political Risk and Country Risk in International Business / Yadong Luo -- Ch. 27. Comparative International Business Research Methods: Pitfalls and Practicalities / Simon Collinson and Andrew Pettigrew -- Ch. 28. Metrics for International Business Research / Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung.

As globalization explodes, so has international business scholarship. This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of International Business synthesises all the relevant literature of the last 40 years in 28 original chapters by the world's most distinguished scholars. Reflecting the changes and development in the field since the first edition this new edition has a changed structure, all the chapters have been updated to take account of the latest scholarship, and five new chapters freshly written.

The Handbook is divided into six major sections, providing comprehensive coverage of the following areas:
- History and Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
- The Political and Regulatory Environment
- Strategy and International Management
- Managing the MNE
- Area Studies
- Methodological Issues

These state of the art literature reviews will be invaluable references for students in business schools, social sciences, law, and area studies.