Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1. Why Relevance in International Management Research? -- 2. International Management Research: Past, Present, and Future -- 3. Future Directions in International Comparative Management Research -- 4. Global Firms and Nation-States -- 5. Research in International Human Resource Management -- 6. A Strategic Phase Approach to International Human Resources Management -- 7. Beyond Bureaucracy: Towards a Comparative Analysis of Forms of Economic Resource Coordination and Control -- 8. Globalization: Separating the Fad from the Fact - Comments on the International Management Research Conference -- 9. Research in International Business: A Canadian Perspective -- 10. International Management: A Field in Transition - What Will It Take To Reach Maturity -- 11. Research for International Management - Practitioners' Perspectives -- 12. Strategies for Achieving Relevance -- Author biographies -- Subject Index -- Name Index