The major changes in strategy and structure in MNEs increasing levels of global integration, innovation by design, new network structures, outsourcing of major value-chain activities, E-commerce and the backlash against globalization.
This special issue includes an overview of the integration-responsiveness framework.

David Brock, Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Julian Birkinshaw, Associate Professor, Strategic and International Management, London Business School, London, UK.