Dragon Multinational: A New Model of Global Growth [Hardcover]

John A. Mathews (Author)

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Publication Date: January 31, 2002

The conventional view of globalization sees it as a process driven by giant firms from the Triad regions of North America, Europe, and Japan, shaping the world in their own image. This book contests such a view, describing the extraordinary success of a handful of multinationals from the "Periphery" in globalizing their operations extremely rapidly. Focusing on Acer, the Taiwanese IT company; the Hong Leong hotel group of Singapore; Ispat International in steel; Cemex of Mexico in cement; and Li and Fung from Hong Kong in contract manufacturing, Mathews demonstrates that these firms have been able to utilize strategies of international linkage and leverage to accelerate their global coverage. He contends that they are pioneers of a new kind of global firm, indicators that the global business civilization being created in the 21st century is like to be pluralistic and diverse, offering unprecedented opportunities for firms that know how to enmesh themselves in global networks.

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"This book is clearly a masterpiece on transnational corporations (TNCs) from developing economies and will remain so for many years to come. I will not hesitate even for a second to recommend this lucid and easy-to-read book at all students and practitioners of international business, strategic management, global political economy and development studies."--Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Transitional Corporations, May 2, 2002

About the Author

John A. Matthews is at Maquarie University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195121465
• ISBN-13: 978-0195121469
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,194,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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John A. Mathews is Eni Chair of Competitive Dynamics and Global Strategy at LUISS Guido Carli University, in Rome, where he teaches International Business. Prior to taking up this position in September 2009, he was Professor of Strategic Management at Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University in Sydney, where he has taught graduate MBA classes for the past decade. He is the author of several books including Strategizing, Disequilibrium and Profit (Stanford University Press, 2006), Dragon Multinational: A New Model of Global Growth (Oxford University Press, 2002), Tiger Technology: The Creation of a Semiconductor Industry in East Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2000), this latter appearing in a Chinese translation published by Peking University Press, in August 2009. As a specialist in industrial dynamics, technology and innovation, Professor Mathews has become deeply interested in the renewable energy industries and low-carbon technologies and prospects for speeding up their introduction as the primary means of dealing with global warming. He has a particular interest in biofuels industries and biochar, and is publishing on these industries, particularly on the prospects for developing countries, in such leading journals as Energy Policy and BioFPR. Professor Mathews has worked internationally with UNCTAD, UNIDO and with the World Bank, and was a Visiting Scholar at the Rockefellar Foundation Study Center at Bellagio, in Italy, in September 2004. He has addressed several conferences on energy and biofuels, and in November 2008 was a keynote speaker at the World Ethanol Conference in Paris. In 2007 he won the support of the Rockefeller Foundation to stage a weeklong conference on global issues in biofuels, which took place at the Foundation's Bellagio conference center in March 2008.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The future of Multi National Enterprises, October 1, 2011

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This review is from: Dragon Multinational: A New Model of Global Growth (Hardcover)

Mathews has been my teacher during my term in Rome's LUISS Guido Carli and all I have to say is: he is brilliant. The book is a concise review on how MNE's work and how latecomers can use different strategies to catch up with newcomers in any industry on a global economy. A must read for any business consultant, strategist or student. It is short, precise and uses a lot of real examples to validate the theory.