Oxford Scholarship Online: Multinationals and Global Capitalism

Multinationals and Global Capitalism From the Nineteenth to the Twenty First Century Jones, Geoffrey Professor of Business Administration, Department of Entrepreneurial Management, Harvard Business School Print publication date: 2004 (this edition) Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2005 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927209-9 doi:10.1093/0199272093.003.0006
6 Crossing borders Geoffrey Jones This chapter examines the strategies firms have used to exploit and enhance their competitive advantage by crossing borders. It begins with corporate strategies for entering and existing countries. It then turns to collaborative strategies with other firms. Finally, the role of subsidiaries in the evolutions of multinationals is considered. Keywords: multinational, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign markets, corporate strategies, subsidiaries, doi:10.1093/0199272093.003.0006