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The Boundaries of Firms: A Global Systems Perspective

In: Economics of International Business

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Economics of International Business sets out a new agenda for international business research. Mark Casson asserts that it is time to move the subject on from sterile debates about transaction cost economies and resource-based theories of the firm. Instead of focusing on the individual firm, the new agenda focuses on the global systems view of international business. A static view of the firm’s environment is replaced by a dynamic view which highlights the volatility of the international business environment. Coping with volatility requires entrepreneurial skills, flexibility and the need to synthesize information on a global basis. To co-ordinate the global system properly, entrepreneurs must co-operate through social networks of trust, as well as competing. Constructing a network of joint ventures, it is argued, is simply not enough.

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  • ., 2000. "The Boundaries of Firms: A Global Systems Perspective," Chapters, in: Economics of International Business, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Ishola Abdullahi, Haruna & Olufemi Akinyele, Babatunde & Oluwadamilola Amosun, Olayemi & Oded Oyewo, Obaloluwa & Adelodun A, Bushroh, 2019. "Globalization And Its Implications On Human Resource Management: A Synergy Towards Sophisticated Workforce In Nigeria," Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, vol. 21(1), pages 103-122, September.

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