Abstract: The History of the Multinational Enterprise – The Key Literature on IB Activities: 1960–2006 – The Gravity Equation in International Trade – Strategic Complexity in International Business – Theories of the Multinational Enterprise – Location, Competitiveness, and the Multinational Enterprise – Sovereignty@Bay: Globalization, Multinational Enterprise, and the International Political System – National Policies and Domestic Politics – Multinational Enterprises and Public Policy – Unbundling the Institution-Based View of International Business Strategy – Multilateral Institutions and Policies: Implications for Multinational Business Strategy – Strategy and the Multinational Enterprise – The Multinational Enterprise as an Organization – Strategy and Management In MNE Subsidiaries – Strategic Alliances – Innovation and Information Technology in the MNE – Contemporary Research Trends in International Marketing: The 2000s – Culture and Human Resources Management – Environmental Policy and International Business – International Financial Management and Multinational Enterprises – Taxes, Transfer Pricing, and The Multinational Enterprise – Japan – China and International Business – The Smaller Economies of Pacific Asia and Their Business Systems – Methodological Contributions in International Business and the Direction of Academic Research Activity – Political Risk and Country Risk in International Business: Concepts and Measures – Comparative International Business Research Methods: Pitfalls and Practicalities – Metrics for International Business Research

Keywords: culture, globalization, human resources, policies, regulator, business strategy, financial, market, risk, trade, transfer, trend, alliance, competitiveness, contribution, information technology, innovation, management, marketing, multinational enterprise, policy, public policy, strategic alliance, system, Strategy