This book aims at developing an understanding of the various contracting and control issues faced by the multinational enterprise‎.‎ Emphasis is placed on the theoretical determinants of external contracting and the management control of multinational operations‎.‎ These issues are illustrated with examples and 18 case studies of actual multinational and regional firm operations in China‎.‎ In particular you will be able to‎:‎ appreciate various theoretical determinants of international business contracting strategies and the organisational structures that complement those strategies‎;‎ appreciate the cost/benefit trade‎-offs that are associated with the various contracting arrangements of foreign direct investment in China‎;‎ and appreciate the significance of various managerial accounting and control techniques that can support the various forms of contracting that are used by foreign multinationals in China‎.‎