Introduction: Adjusting to New Challenges and Opportunities

This volume of the Academy of International Business series organized around the theme of adjusting to new challenges and opportunities. Part One of the book is devoted to the best paper at the AIB’s 28th annual conference, which investigated the nature of the contact that small high technology firms have with foreign markets. Part Two is concerned with ethics, environmental issues, corporate governance and the MNC. Part Three deals with the strategic development of subsidiaries and the rapid changes that are occurring in the changing environment. Part Four is broadly based on the theme of performance assessment of international business operations. Part Five deals with the internationalization of SMEs.