its complex and diverse contexts of enactment, international business is synonymous with big challenges. Cultural and institutional complexities remain as potent as they have always been, but have been joined by newer concerns such as climate change, international terrorism, and international fraud. This timely book examines these challenges from the perspectives of the different players and actors in the international business arena, including foreign investing multinational corporations, international small and medium sized enterprises and their multifaceted liabilities, emerging market/developing country firms, and women managers from the Middle East. All contributions in this volume highlight one or more aspects of the contemporary challenges facing international business and, more importantly, embody invaluable insights on appropriate managerial responses to such complexities.

Perspectives on Contemporary Challenges in International Business; K.Ibeh & S.Davies The Challenge of Managing Employee Tenure in China; A. Zimmermann, X.Liu & T.Buck Organizational Identification and Commitment Following a Cross-border Acquisition; M.E.Raukko Cross-Border Transfer of Employment Relations’ Approaches: Country-of-Origin Effects and the Level and Type of Industry Internationalization; H.Tüselmann, F.McDonald, M.Allen, S.Golesorkhi & D.Filiou Tensions Arising From Process of Transferring HRM Practices Across borders: The Case of Taiwanese MNCs in the UK; Y.Chang, K.Mellahi & A.J.Wilkinson Micromultinationals: Transcending Resource Challenges in International Business; K.Ibeh, O.Borchert & C.Wheeler Growth and Survival of Born Globals: Case of Software Firms; M.Gabrielsson & P.Gabrielsson The Challenge of Accelerated International Growth: A Focus on Winners and Losers in the Finnish Software Sector; N.Nummela, S.Saarenketo, J.Hätönen & M.Ruokonen International New Ventures and the Development of Partnerships - A Social Capital Approach; R.Aspelund, A.Sorheim & M.S.Berg Clustering and the Internationalization of SMEs in the Media Industry; G.Cook & N.Pandit Learning in IJVs in CEE Countries: System of Innovation Approach; I.Jormanainen Returning Entrepreneurs vs. Indigenous Entrepreneurs: An Investigation of High Technology SMEs in Emerging Markets; O.Dai & X.Liu The Emergence of Low-cost Airlines in Africa: A Preliminary Analysis of Internal and External Drivers; J.Amankwah-Amoah & Y.A.Debrah Re-examining Women’s International Management Experiences: A Middle Eastern Perspective; B.D.Metcalfe, K.Hutchings & B.Cooper Trends in International Terrorism Against Business Targets; A.Lee The Automotive Industry and Environmental Regulations: Challenges to Corporate Political Activities of Multinational Enterprises in the European Union; S.M.Wagner Intra-community Fraud Among UK and German Expatriate Entrepreneurs in Spain: A Trust and Social Networks-based Explanation; A.Hoecht