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Working Papers

2016

1. 'Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.' A BHPS study of the interaction between giving and welfare
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading

2011

2. Entrepreneurial failure and economic crisis: an historical perspective
   Working Papers, Economic History Society
3. Evolution or revolution? a study of price and wage volatility in England, 1200-1900
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
4. The determinants of local population growth: a study of Oxfordshire in the 19th century
   Working Papers, Economic History Society

2009

5. The Determinants of Local Population Growth: A Study of Oxfordshire in the Nineteenth Century
   Working Papers, Economic History Society
   See also Journal Article The determinants of local population growth: A study of Oxfordshire in the nineteenth century, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2007

6. Entrepreneurship, Brands and the Development of Global Business
   Working Papers, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research View citations (6)

2005

7. The evolution of the British railway network, 1825-1914: the effects of inter-company rivalry on the geography of the network
   Working Papers, Economic History Society

2004

8. Culture and Economic Performance
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading
   See also Chapter Culture and Economic Performance, Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, Elsevier (2006) View citations (8) (2006)
9. Entrepreneurship and the Theory of the Firm
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Entrepreneurship and the theory of the firm, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2005) View citations (73) (2005)
10. The Costly Business of Trust
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (3)

1986

11. International divestment and restructuring decisions (with special reference to the motor industry)
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Complexity in international business: The implications for theory
   Journal of International Business Studies, 2022, 53, (9), 2037-2049 View citations (6)

2021

2. Multinational Enterprises and International Cartels: The Strategic Implications of De-globalization
   Management and Organization Review, 2021, 17, (5), 968-988
3. Thirty years of International Business Review and International Business Research
   International Business Review, 2021, 30, (2) View citations (8)

2019

4. Decision-making in international business
   Journal of International Business Studies, 2019, 50, (8), 1424-1439 View citations (13)
5. Organizational innovation in the multinational enterprise: Internalization theory and business history
   Journal of International Business Studies, 2019, 50, (8), 1338-1358 View citations (20)
6. “To Dispose of Wealth in Works of Charity”: Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy in Medieval England
   Business History Review, 2019, 93, (3), 473-502

2018

7. Emerging market multinationals and internalisation theory
   International Business Review, 2018, 27, (6), 1150-1160 View citations (10)
8. The Theory of International Business: The Role of Economic Models
   Management International Review, 2018, 58, (3), 363-387 View citations (2)

2017

9. Bas van Bavel, The invisible hand? How market economies have emerged and declined since AD500 ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. xii + 330. 2 figs. 3 maps. 6 tabs. ISBN 9780199608133 Hbk. £35)
   Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (2), 671-672

2016

10. Alan Rugman’s methodology
    International Business Review, 2016, 25, (3), 758-766 View citations (2)
11. Internalization theory: An unfinished agenda
    International Business Review, 2016, 25, (6), 1223-1234 View citations (6)
12. Location, location, location? Analysing property rents in medieval Gloucester
    Economic History Review, 2016, 69, (2), 575-599
13. Ralf Roth and Colin Divall, eds., From rail to road and back again? A century of transport competition and interdependency ( Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2015. Pp. xxii + 415. 38 figs. 8 tabs. ISBN 9781409440468 Hbk. £80)
    Economic History Review, 2016, 69, (1), 394-395

2015

14. Coase and International Business: The Origin and Development of Internalisation Theory
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2015, 36, (1), 55-66 View citations (2)
15. The Manufacturing of Markets: Legal Political and Economic Dynamics. Edited by Eric Brousseau, Jean-Michel Glachant. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 2014. xxiii + 523 pp. Hbk £75.00
    Economica, 2015, 82, (327), 580-581
16. ‘Doctor, Doctor...’ entrepreneurial diagnosis and market making
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2015, 11, (3), 601-621 View citations (2)

2014

17. Entrepreneurship: A Personal View
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2014, 21, (1), 7-13 View citations (1)
18. Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters. ByWalter A. Friedman. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. xi + 273 pp. Illustrations, photographs, maps, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-15911-9
    Business History Review, 2014, 88, (3), 608-610
19. Government Intervention or Entrepreneurial Profit? Explaining Innovation in the Korean Online Gaming Industry
    Industry and Innovation, 2014, 21, (7-8), 616-632 View citations (2)
20. The history of entrepreneurship: Medieval origins of a modern phenomenon
    Business History, 2014, 56, (8), 1223-1242 View citations (4)

2013

21. Foreign direct investment in high-risk environments: an historical perspective
    Business History, 2013, 55, (3), 375-404 View citations (13)
22. The Economic Theory of International Supply Chains: A Systems View
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2013, 20, (2), 163-186 View citations (9)
23. The determinants of local population growth: A study of Oxfordshire in the nineteenth century
    Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (1), 28-45 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The Determinants of Local Population Growth: A Study of Oxfordshire in the Nineteenth Century, Working Papers (2009) (2009)
24. Thomas K. McCraw. The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy. Cambridge, MA, and London, UK: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. ix + 485 pp. ISBN 0-674-06692-2, $ 35.00 (cloth)
    Enterprise & Society, 2013, 14, (4), 882-885

2012

25. Brand Protection and the Globalization of British Business
    Business History Review, 2012, 86, (2), 287-310 View citations (5)

2011

26. Hitting the Brakes: Engineering Design and the Production of Knowledge. ByAnn Johnson. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2009. xviii + 207 pp. Illustrations, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $79.95. ISBN: 978-0-822-34541-1
    Business History Review, 2011, 85, (4), 872-873
27. The Origin and Development of Markets: A Business History Perspective
    Business History Review, 2011, 85, (1), 9-37 View citations (13)

2010

28. A history of entrepreneurship – By Robert F. Hébert and Albert N. Link
    Economic History Review, 2010, 63, (4), 1205-1206
29. Formal and Informal Institutions and Development
    World Development, 2010, 38, (2), 137-141 View citations (65)

2009

30. A Weberian analysis of business groups and financial markets
    Business History, 2009, 51, (1), 135-136
31. Chicago made: factory networks in the industrial metropolis – By Robert Lewis
    Economic History Review, 2009, 62, (4), 1044-1045
32. Extending internalisation theory: From the multinational enterprise to the knowledge-based empire
    International Business Review, 2009, 18, (3), 236-256 View citations (5)
33. The Efficiency of the Victorian British Railway Network: A Counterfactual Analysis
    Networks and Spatial Economics, 2009, 9, (3), 339-378 View citations (6)
34. The internalisation theory of the multinational enterprise: A review of the progress of a research agenda after 30 years
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2009, 40, (9), 1563-1580 View citations (126)

2007

35. Edith Penrose’s Theory of the Growth of the Firm and the strategic management of multinational enterprises
    Management International Review, 2007, 47, (2), 151-173 View citations (17)
    See also Chapter Edith Penrose’s Theory of the Growth of the Firm and the Strategic Management of Multinational Enterprises, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2010, 277-300 (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
36. Entrepreneurship and the Development of Global Brands
    Business History Review, 2007, 81, (4), 651-680 View citations (8)
37. Multinational Enterprises: Their Private and Social Benefits and Costs
    The World Economy, 2007, 30, (2), 308-328 View citations (4)
38. Revisiting the Emergence of the Modern Business Enterprise: Entrepreneurship and the Singer Global Distribution System
    Journal of Management Studies, 2007, 44, (7), 1064-1077 View citations (6)
39. The Discovery of Opportunities: Extending the Economic Theory of the Entrepreneur
    Small Business Economics, 2007, 28, (4), 285-300 View citations (55)
40. The Search for Entrepreneurial Opportunity
    History of Economic Ideas, 2007, 15, (1), 137-158

2005

41. Entrepreneurship and the theory of the firm
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, 58, (2), 327-348 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper Entrepreneurship and the Theory of the Firm, Economics Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (2) (2004)
42. The Individual – Opportunity Nexus: A Review of Scott Shane: A General Theory of Entrepreneurship
    Small Business Economics, 2005, 24, (5), 423-430 View citations (9)

2004

43. The future of the UK railway system: Michael Brooke's vision
    International Business Review, 2004, 13, (2), 181-214 View citations (1)

2003

44. Recent Developments in the Short-term Employment in Kazakhstani Firms
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2003, 45, (4), 466-492 View citations (2)
45. The Future of the Multinational Enterprise in retrospect and in prospect
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2003, 34, (2), 219-222 View citations (18)

2001

46. The Moral Basis of Global Capitalism: Beyond the Eclectic Theory
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2001, 8, (2), 303-327 View citations (3)
    See also Chapter The Moral Basis of Global Capitalism: Beyond the Eclectic Theory, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2010, 205-238 (2010) (2010)

1999

47. Explaining International Differences in Economic Institutions
    International Studies of Management & Organization, 1999, 29, (2), 25-42 View citations (6)

1998

48. Analyzing Foreign Market Entry Strategies: Extending the Internalization Approach
    Journal of International Business Studies, 1998, 29, (3), 539-561 View citations (207)
    See also Chapter Analysing Foreign Market Entry Strategies: Extending the Internalisation Approach, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2010, 177-204 (2010) (2010)
49. Communication Costs and the Boundaries of the Firm
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1998, 5, (1), 5-27 View citations (8)
50. Models of the Multinational Enterprise
    Journal of International Business Studies, 1998, 29, (1), 21-44 View citations (126)
    See also Chapter Models of the Multinational Enterprise, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2010, 147-176 (2010) (2010)

1997

51. Institutional Economics and Business History: A Way Forward?
    Business History, 1997, 39, (4), 151-171 View citations (11)
52. Institutions and the Evolution of Modern Business: Introduction
    Business History, 1997, 39, (4), 1-8 View citations (2)

1996

53. An Economic Model of International Joint Venture Strategy
    Journal of International Business Studies, 1996, 27, (5), 849-876 View citations (55)
    Also in Journal of International Business Studies, 1996, 27, (4), 849-876 (1996) View citations (55)
    See also Chapter An Economic Model of International Joint Venture Strategy, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2010, 118-146 (2010) (2010)
54. Information Strategies and the Theory of the Firm
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1996, 3, (3), 307-330 View citations (3)

1995

55. Economic Thought - The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Edited by Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994, Pp. ix, 835. $95.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55, (1), 203-204

1994

56. Economic Thought - Explorations in Economic Sociology. Edited by Richard Swedberg. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Pp. xxiv, 452. $45.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1994, 54, (3), 727-728
57. Why are Firms Hierarchical?
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1994, 1, (1), 47-76 View citations (23)

1993

58. Cultural Determinants of Economic Performance
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1993, 17, (2), 418-442 View citations (24)

1991

59. Western joint ventures in China
    Journal of International Development, 1991, 3, (3), 293-323 View citations (2)

1990

60. The History of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States to 1914. ByMirn Wilkins · Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989. xxiii + 1055 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $65.00
    Business History Review, 1990, 64, (1), 177-180

1985

61. Macroeconomics and monopoly capitalism: Ben Fine and Andy Murfin, (Wheatsheaf Books, Brighton)
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1985, 3, (1), 128-129

1984

62. The Theory of Vertical Integration: A Survey and Synthesis
    Journal of Economic Studies, 1984, 11, (2), 3-43

1981

63. The Optimal Timing of a Foreign Direct Investment
    Economic Journal, 1981, 91, (361), 75-87 View citations (156)
    See also Chapter The Optimal Timing of a Foreign Direct Investment, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2010, 25-40 (2010) (2010)

1974

64. Generalized Errors in Variables Regression
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1974, 41, (3), 347-352 View citations (1)

1973

65. Linear Regression with Error in the Deflating Variable
    Econometrica, 1973, 41, (4), 751-59 View citations (2)

Books

2024

1. Entrepreneurship and the Market Economy
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

2016

2. The Theory of International Business
   Springer Books, Springer View citations (8)

2013

3. The Entrepreneur in History: From Medieval Merchant to Modern Business Leader
   Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)

2010

4. Entrepreneurship
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)
5. The Multinational Enterprise Revisited
   Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (10)

2009

6. The World's First Railway System: Enterprise, Competition, and Regulation on the Railway Network in Victorian Britain
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (14)

2003

7. The Entrepreneur
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (6)

2001

8. Information and Organization: A New Perspective on the Theory of the Firm
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (3)

2000

9. Economics of International Business
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (22)

1995

10. Enterprise and Competitiveness: A Systems View of International Business
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (5)
11. The Organization of International Business
    Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (9)

1993

12. INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
    Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (50)

1991

13. The Economics of Business Culture: Game Theory, Transaction Costs, and Economic Performance
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (52)
14. The Future of the Multinational Enterprise
    Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (30)
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan (1976) View citations (1108)

1987

15. The Firm and the Market: Studies on the Multinational Enterprise and the Scope of the Firm, vol 1
    MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (54)

1985

16. The Economic Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
    Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (123)

1979

17. Alternatives to the Multinational Enterprise
    Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (47)
18. Youth Unemployment
    Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan

Edited books

2013

1. History of Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Risk-taking, 1200–2000, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

2011

2. Markets and Market Institutions: Their Origin and Evolution
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

2008

3. The Economics of Networks
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (3)
4. The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (14)

1998

5. The Economics of Marketing
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

1997

6. Culture, Social Norms and Economics, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (8)

1996

7. THE THEORY OF THE FIRM
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (9)

1990

8. Entrepreneurship
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (30)
9. Multinational Corporations
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (3)

Chapters

2019

1. Entrepreneurship studies: the case for radical change
   Chapter 14 in A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2019, pp 208-218

2015

2. Modelling the Medieval Economy: Money, Prices and Income in England, 1263–1520
   Palgrave Macmillan

2014

3. Government failures in railway public policy: the British case
   Chapter 16 in A Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics, 2014, pp 368-399
4. Marketing and the Multinational: Extending Internalisation Theory
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2013

5. A New Research Agenda
   Palgrave Macmillan
6. Case Studies: The Entrepreneur in Context
   Palgrave Macmillan
7. Perspectives on Entrepreneurship
   Palgrave Macmillan
8. The Historical Significance of the Entrepreneur
   Palgrave Macmillan
9. The Social Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship
   Palgrave Macmillan

2012

10. Internationalisation Theory
    Chapter 15 in Handbook on the Economics and Theory of the Firm, 2012

2010

11. A Theory of Cooperation in International Business
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1989) View citations (2)
12. An Economic Model of International Joint Venture Strategy
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1998) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article An Economic Model of International Joint Venture Strategy, Palgrave Macmillan (1996) View citations (55) (1996)
13. Analysing Foreign Market Entry Strategies: Extending the Internalisation Approach
    Palgrave Macmillan
    See also Journal Article Analyzing Foreign Market Entry Strategies: Extending the Internalization Approach, Palgrave Macmillan (1998) View citations (207) (1998)
14. Edith Penrose’s Theory of the Growth of the Firm and the Strategic Management of Multinational Enterprises
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (3)
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (2010) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Edith Penrose’s Theory of the Growth of the Firm and the strategic management of multinational enterprises, Springer (2007) View citations (17) (2007)
15. Models of the Multinational Enterprise
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Chapter 2 in The New Economic Analysis of Multinationals, 2003 (2003)
    See also Journal Article Models of the Multinational Enterprise, Palgrave Macmillan (1998) View citations (126) (1998)
16. Multinational Enterprises in Less Developed Countries: Cultural and Economic Interactions
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1991) View citations (7)
    Palgrave Macmillan (1992) View citations (1)
17. Organising for Innovation: The Multinational Enterprise in the Twenty-First Century
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1998)
18. Strategic Complexity in International Business
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (2004)
19. The Future of the Multinational Enterprise after 30 Years
    Palgrave Macmillan
20. The Moral Basis of Global Capitalism: Beyond the Eclectic Theory
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (2003)
    See also Journal Article The Moral Basis of Global Capitalism: Beyond the Eclectic Theory, Taylor & Francis Journals (2001) View citations (3) (2001)
21. The Optimal Timing of a Foreign Direct Investment
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1985) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Optimal Timing of a Foreign Direct Investment, Royal Economic Society (1981) View citations (156) (1981)

2006

22. Culture and Economic Performance
    Elsevier View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Culture and Economic Performance, Department of Economics, University of Reading (2004) (2004)
23. Marketing
    Chapter 60 in The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall, 2006, pp 459-465

2005

24. Entrepreneurship and Historical Explanation
    Palgrave Macmillan

2004

25. Internationalization — Real Options, Knowledge Management and the Uppsala Approach
    Palgrave Macmillan

1998

26. Economics as an Imperialist Social Science
    Palgrave Macmillan
27. The Economics of Ethical Leadership
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

1991

28. A Long-run Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1976) View citations (23)
29. Alternative Theories of the Multinational Enterprise
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1976) View citations (2)
30. Countertrade: Theory and Evidence
    Palgrave Macmillan
31. Predictions and Policy Implications
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1976)
32. The Multinational Enterprise in the World Economy
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1976) View citations (2)
33. The World’s Largest Firms
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1976)

1988

34. Recent Trends in International Business: a New Analysis
    Palgrave Macmillan

1985

35. Entrepreneurship and the Dynamics of Foreign Direct Investment
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (3)
36. Multinational Monopolies and International Cartels
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (4)
37. Multinationals and Intermediate Product Trade
    Palgrave Macmillan
38. The Theory of Foreign Direct Investment
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (11)
39. Transaction Costs and the Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (7)

1979

40. A policy for foreign direct investment
    Palgrave Macmillan
41. A theory of foreign direct investment, technology transfer, trade and capital movements
    Palgrave Macmillan
42. Interpretation of the Evidence
    Palgrave Macmillan
43. Introduction
    Palgrave Macmillan
44. Modern Theories of Unemployment
    Palgrave Macmillan
45. Policy
    Palgrave Macmillan
46. Statement of the issues
    Palgrave Macmillan
47. Statistical Evidence for West Germany, Italy and the UK, 1973 and 1975
    Palgrave Macmillan
48. The concept of efficiency and its application to proprietary information
    Palgrave Macmillan
49. The future contractual basis for technology transfer
    Palgrave Macmillan
50. The rationale of the multinational enterprise
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
51. Theories of Youth Unemployment
    Palgrave Macmillan
52. Youth Unemployment in Historical Context
    Palgrave Macmillan