Index

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Williams, D.A. (2019), "Index", International Business Blunders: Lessons for Future Managers, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 133-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-219-020191010

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate footnotes.

Academia, grounding work in

, 4, 7–9

Adroit negotiations

, 113

‘Agile HR’

, 74

American businesses in Latin America

, 24

American MNCs

, 21

Apple

, 58

Artefacts

, 118–119

Artefacts, Behaviours, and Core Values (ABCs)

, 118–119

Assets, maturity of

, 54

Attitudes

, 64

Audit of human resources function

, 73

Barbados

characteristics

, 5–6

populations

, 4

Behaviours

, 118–119

latent cultural

, 64

Beliefs

, 64

Blunders in International Business (Ricks)

, 105

Britain

, 24

Bullwhip effect

, 79

Business News Daily

, 37

Business to government relationship

, 93

blunders

, 99–100

clearing domestic legal and regulatory issues

, 102

economic theories and

, 94

emergence of modern state

, 93–94

Keynesianism school of thought

, 95–97

Laissez-faire school of thought

, 94–95

Marxism school of thought

, 98–99

protectionism school of thought

, 97–98

understanding international trade agreements

, 100–101

Buyer-driven commodity chains

, 8

Buyer/seller relationship

, 82

Canada

, 24

characteristics

, 5–6

diaspora population

, 13

Captive governance

, 8

Caribbean

, 2

gravity of blunder firms

, 84

international business operations

, 3–4

management style of Caribbean firm

, 66

CARICOM

, 4

Case development method

, 12–13

Chief executive officer (CEO)

, 13–14, 64

Chief financial officer (CFO)

, 64

Clearing domestic legal and regulatory issues

, 102

Commodity

, 82

chains

, 7–8, 11

finished

, 7

systems

, 7

Competitors

, 56

Convergence

, 66–68

Core values

, 118–119

Cross-listings

, 52–53

Cultural/culture

A-B-C of

, 118

application of

, 65–68

blunder

, 71–72

literacy

, 65, 74, 117–118, 120

marketing blunders from

, 44–47

problems

, 119–121

sensitivity

, 46

Data analyses

, 16

Data collection

, 14, 16

Debt in international context

, 52

Debt sourcing

, 53–54

Direct sales distribution model (DSD model)

, 38

Distribution, marketing blunders in

, 38–41

Divergence

, 66–68

Documentary review

, 14

Eclectic theory/paradigm

, 31–32

Economic

system

, 67

theories and business to government relationship

, 94

Equity in international context

, 52

Evolving supply process

, 79

Faulty Airbags Dilemma

, 40

FDA approval

, 42

Filière approach

, 4–5, 7

Finance blunders

, (see also Marketing blunders)

among firms from developing countries

, 55

filling demand

, 57–58

firm’s capital structure

, 52–53

pricing

, 55–57

risk models to reducing

, 54–55

source

, 51–52

sourcing of debt

, 53–54

Firms

capital structure

, 52–53

demographic characteristics

, 15

finance blunders from developing countries

, 55–58

moving into international business arena

, 64

selection

, 13–14

strategisation

, 92

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

, 101–102

Ford Motor Corporation

, 58

Foreign direct investments (FDIs)

, 1–2, 20, 23

outward FDI flows

, 23

outward FDI stock

, 24

France

, 24

Free enterprise

, 95

Fujitec

, 115

General Motor’s Oldsmobile

, 58

General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, The (Keynes)

, 95–96

Generalisation

, 115–117

Germany

, 24

Global commodity chain (GCC)

, 7, 9

Global production networks

, 9

Global value chain (GVC)

, 7, 9–12

Globalization

, 63

‘Goldilocks’ debate

, 34

Gross domestic product (GDP)

, 54

Hierarchy

, 8

Horizontal positioning

, 81

Human resource management

, 63

application of culture

, 65–68

key developments in international arena

, 64–65

Human resources (HR)

, 107–108

Human resources blunders

, (see also Marketing blunders)

cultural and language blunder

, 71–72

general blunders in HR node of value chain

, 72–73

in international business firms from developing countries

, 68

recruitment and skill set blunders

, 68–71

Human resources function

, 74–75

audit of

, 73

changing nature of

, 74

Identification

, 64

of supply chain members

, 81

Inadequate capacity

, 84–85

Inadequate production planning

, 86–88

Industrial Dynamics

, 7–8

Industrial organisation theory

, 28–29

Information and communication technologies (ICTs)

, 1

Ingredients

, 119

Innovation within value chain

, 9–10

International business

, 2n1

marketplace

, 106

International business blunders

A-B-C of culture

, 118

actions taken to lessen impact of mistakes

, 112–113

cultural literacy

, 117–118

cultural problems

, 119–121

generalisation

, 115–117

human resources

, 107–108

impact

, 107

ingredients

, 119

leadership

, 113–114

legal impact

, 111–112

lessons learnt

, 115

margins

, 110–111

negotiations

, 113

reputation

, 108–109

research

, 121–123

International business firms, human resources blunders in

, 68–73

International business operations

, 3

case development method

, 12–13

data analyses

, 16

data collection

, 14, 16

demographic characteristics of firms

, 15

development and writing of case

, 16–17

documentary review

, 14

focus on Caribbean

, 3–4

grounding work in academia

, 4, 7–9

innovation within value chain

, 9–10

organisation of text

, 17

selection of firms

, 13–14

value chain, GVC and supply chain

, 10–12

International entrepreneurship

, 2n1

International markets

, 32

International supply chains

, 9

International trade agreements

, 100–101

Internationalisation

, 106

Jamaica

, 13

characteristics

, 5–6

populations

, 4

Japanese market

, 116

Keynesianism school of thought

, 95–97

Laissez-faire school of thought

, 94–95

Laissez-faire system

, 94

Language blunder

, 71–72

Latent cultural behaviours

, 64

Leadership

, 74–75, 113–114

style

, 71

Legal impact

, 111–112

Loss of business

, 109

Macro-economic instability

, 51

Management thinking and action convergence

, 67

Margins

, 110–111

Market economy

, 95

Market governance

, 8

Marketing blunders

, (see also Finance blunders; Human resources blunders)

culture

, 44–47

distribution

, 38–41

product positioning

, 41–44

Marketing function

, 37

Marxism school of thought

, 98–99

Marxist theory

, 94

Modular governance

, 8

Multinational corporation (MNC)

, 19–20, 27

eclectic theory/paradigm

, 31–32

industrial organisation theory

, 28–29

new schools of thought

, 33–34

product cycle theory

, 29–30

trade theories

, 28

transaction cost/internalisation theories

, 30–31

Multinational enterprise (MNE)

, 1, 19n1

history

, 20–28

non-financial multinationals from developing economies

, 25–27

Multinational firm

, 53

National economic strength

, 91

Negotiations

, 113

Neo-American capitalism

, 95

Network configuration

, 81

OLI theory

, 31–32

Organisation of text

, 17

Overgeneralisation about management styles

, 74

Parker Pen Company

, 116

Peace of Westphalia

, 93

PESTEL model

, 54

PESTER model

, 54

Practitioner literature

, 39–40, 44

Pricing blunders

, 55–57

Private ownership of property

, 95

Procter and Gamble

, 37, 42

Producer-driven commodity chains

, 8

Product cycle theory

, 29–30

Product positioning, marketing blunders in

, 41–44

Production chain

, 78–80

Protectionism school of thought

, 97–98

Psychic distant

, 2n1

Rajah

, 64

Raytheon

, 91

Recruitment blunder

, 68–71

Relational governance

, 8

Reputation

, 108–109

Reputational damage

, 108–109

Research

, 121–123

Risk models to reducing finance blunders

, 54–55

Rules-based multilateral trading system

, 100

School of thought

Keynesianism

, 95–97

Laissez-Faire

, 94–95

Marxism

, 98–99

protectionism

, 97–98

Selling in international market

, 44

Skill set blunder

, 68–71

Social and business networks

, 124–125

Societies

, 67

Sourcing of debt

, 53–54

Sovereignty

, 91

Stable supply process

, 79

Structural dimensions of network

, 81

Supply chain

, (see also Value chain), 10–12, 78

bullwhip effect

, 79

configuration

, 80–81

elements of supply process

, 79

international

, 9

management

, 81–84

mercurial nature of demand and supply

, 79, 80

Supply chain blunders

, 84

inadequate capacity

, 84–85

inadequate production planning

, 86–88

un-timeliness in meeting deliverables

, 85–86

‘Third World Multinationals’

, 24, 27

Trade theories

, 28

Transaction cost/internalisation theories

, 30–31

Transportation

, 1

Trinidad

, 13

populations

, 4

Trinidad and Tobago, characteristics of

, 5–6

Un-timeliness in meeting deliverables

, 85–86

United Kingdom (UK), characteristics of

, 5–6

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

, 1, 23, 105

United States

characteristics

, 5–6

diaspora population

, 13

United States

, 24

Value added taxes (VAT)

, 55–56

Value chain

, (see also Supply chain), 8–12

general blunders in HR node of

, 72–73

innovation within

, 9–10

Values

, 64

Volkswagen’s Seat Cover Dilemma

, 40

Welspun/Target Fallout

, 40

Xerox

, 58