Dear AIB members, We hope the year 2017 began on a good note for you. The Academy of Multinational Enterprises (Japan) is pleased to announce that Volume 3, Issue 2 of *Japan MNE Insights* (newsletter) is now available online (http://www.mne-jp.org/english/pdf/NLfinal_vol3No2.pdf). This issue includes two special essays; *"Have Japanese Companies Lost Sight of the Paradigm Shift in Competitive Advantage?" by Masaaki Kotabe*, and *"The Switching Model of International Competitive and Cooperative Entry Modes: Highlighting the Validity of a Revised Transaction Cost Approach to the Theory of MNE" by Takeshi Fujisawa*. We hope that you will find the contents interesting and share them with your colleagues. With kind regards, Dr. Tamiko Kasahara Editorial member of Japan MNE Insights ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ Tamiko Kasahara (Ph.D.) Lecturer in International Business University of Shizuoka, School of Management and Information 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan TEL/FAX:+81-54-264-5435 <+81%2054-264-5435> (direct) E-mail :[log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.