The maturing of multinational enterprise: American business abroad from 1914 to 1970.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkins, Mira.

Series:

Harvard studies in business history ; 27.

Harvard studies in business history ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations, American.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

xvi, 590 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1974.

Summary:

Today the multinational corporation is an important economic institution. Most of the major American corporations do not confine themselves to domestic operations but participate widely in business beyond the national frontiers, having direct investments beyond the national frontiers, having direct investments in many countries. Through the multinational corporation, men, capital, goods, management methods, technology, marketing techniques, and general skills crossover national boundaries. The American multinational corporation has influence on the United States and on foreign economies.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages [443]-481.

ISBN:

0674554752

OCLC:

1007703