Buckley (international business, U. of Leeds, UK) introduces his selection of 26 book excerpts and previously published journal articles. Arrangement is in sections on the global factory (which
comprises three journal articles that Buckley himself authored or co-authored)--addressing the strategy of multinational enterprises, the rise of China, and the impact on economic development.
Subsequent broad themes are antecedents, the global value chain, international networks, offshoring and outsourcing, and formal theoretical models of the global factory (this last section also
comprises three Buckley articles). Sources are such publications as Journal of International Business Studies, European Management Journal, and Review of International Political Economy. The
anthology is not indexed. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
