TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 38, Issue 7 (December 2007)

Part Focused Issue: Internationalization – Positions, Paths, and Processes
Guest Editors: Thomas Hutzschenreuter, Henk W Volberda and Torben Pedersen

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Editorial

Letter from the Editor FREE

Arie Y Lewin Editor-in-Chief

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1053-1054; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400329

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Focused Issue Section

Introduction

The role of path dependency and managerial intentionality: a perspective on international business research

Thomas Hutzschenreuter, Torben Pedersen and Henk W Volberda

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1055-1068; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400326

Articles

Do managers behave the way theory suggests? A choice-theoretic examination of foreign direct investment location decision-making

Peter J Buckley, Timothy M Devinney and Jordan J Louviere

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1069-1094; advance online publication, August 30, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400311

On the growth of foreign affiliates: multinational plant networks, joint ventures, and flexibility

René Belderbos and Jianglei Zou

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1095-1112; advance online publication, October 4, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400319

International new ventures: revisiting the influences behind the 'born-global' firm

Terence Fan and Phillip Phan

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1113-1131; advance online publication, August 9, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400308

Internationalising in small, incremental or larger steps?

Harry G Barkema and Rian Drogendijk

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1132-1148; advance online publication, September 6, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400315

Multinational corporation internationalization in the service sector: a study of Japanese trading companies

Anthony Goerzen and Shige Makino

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1149-1169; advance online publication, August 30, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400310

Learning to internationalise: the pace and success of foreign acquisitions

Anna Nadolska and Harry G Barkema

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1170-1186; advance online publication, September 27, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400318

Globalization and location choice: an analysis of US multinational firms in 1980 and 2000

Ricardo G Flores and Ruth V Aguilera

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1187-1210; advance online publication, August 2, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400307

Thank You to Reviewers

List of Reviewers for this Focused Issue

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1211; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400323

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Regular Section

Article

Beyond Gaussian averages: redirecting international business and management research toward extreme events and power laws

Pierpaolo Andriani and Bill McKelvey

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1212-1230; advance online publication, October 18, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400324

Book Review

Managing the Embedded Multinational: A Business Network View

Reviewed by Charles Dhanaraj

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1231-1233; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400321

Thank You to Reviewers

List of Special Departmental Editors

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1234-1237; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400325

Indexes

Author Index to Volume 38

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1238-1241; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400337

Keyword Index to Volume 38

J Int Bus Stud 38: 1242-1244; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400338