The Growth of International Business (RLE International Business).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

CASSON, Mark.

Contributor:

Casson, Mark.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: International Business Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

Summary:

This book integrates the work of economists, management scientists and business historians. It applies the related concepts of transaction costs, internalisation, corporate strategy and market structure to explain the historical process of corporate growth in the international economy. Each chapter is written by a scholar who has specialized in a particular aspect of the growth of international business.

Contents:

Front Cover

The Growth of International Business

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Theory

1. Introduction: the conceptual framework, by Mark Casson

2. New theories of international business: some unresolved issues, by Peter J. Buckley

3. Technological and organisational factors in the theory of the multinational enterprise, by David J. Teece

4. Pricing and sourcing strategies in a multinational oligopoly, by Mark Casson and George Norman

Evidence

5. Changes in the level and structure of international production: the last one hundred years, by John H.Dunning

6. Industrial diversification amongst the world's leading multinational enterprises, by Robert D. Pearce

7. The growth and structure of multinationals in the banana export trade, by Robert Read

8. Strategic factors in the growth of a multinational enterprise: the Burmah Oil Company, 1886-1928, by T. A. B. Corley

9. The growth of transnational banking, by George N.Yannopoulos

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

First published in 1983 by George Allen & Unwin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: CASSON, Mark The Growth of International Business (RLE International Business)

ISBN:

9781135134297

OCLC:

826859917