The Multinational Enterprise (RLE International Business).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Dunning, John H.

Contributor:

Dunning, John H.

Conference Name:

Conference on the Multinational Enterprise (1970 : Reading, England)

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: International Business Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Congresses.

International business enterprises -- Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

Summary:

The book focuses on the major environmental implications stemming from the growth of the multinational enterprise in a multiple currency world; the international transfer of technology; industrial relations and labour utilization in foreign-owned firms in the UK; multinational companies and trade union interests; foreign direct investment, the balance of payments and trade flows; the multinational enterprise and developing countries; government policy alternatives and the problem of international sharing and a case study of a multinational enterprise in Europe. A survey of the background to the multinational enterprise and concluding summaries ensure that this book is one of the most widely embracing volumes available on the subject.

Contents:

Front Cover

The Multinational Enterprise

Copyright Page

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Part One: The Multinational Enterprise: Some General Considerations

1. The multinational enterprise: the background: John H. Dunning

2. The multinational enterprise in a multiple currency world: Robert Z. Aliber

Comment: John H. Dunning

3. The multinational enterprise and the transfer of tech-nology: Keith Pavitt

Comment: Christopher Freeman

Part Two: Labour and the Multinational Enterprise

4. Industrial relations, labour disputes and labour utili·zation in foreign-owned firms in the United Kingdom: Max Steuer and John Gennard

Comment: Richard E. Caves

5. Multinational companies and trade union interests: David Lea

Comment: David Barran

Part Three: Trade and the Blance of Play-ments

6. The multinational enterprise: trade flows and tradepolicy: David Robertson

7. The chemical industry: a case study: J. F. Sudworth

Comment: Lionel Needleman

Part Four: Direct Foreign Investment and the Less-devolped Countries

8. The state and multinational enterprises in less-developed countries: Edith Penrose

9. Costs and benefits of multinational enterprises in less-developed countries: Paul Streeten

Comment: J. P. Hayes

Part Five: Goverments and the Multinational Enterprises

10. The internationalization of capital and the nation state: Robin Murray

11. Governmental policy alternatives and the problem ofinternational sharing: Jack Behrman

Comment: Gerard Curzon

Part Six: The Multinational Company in Europe

12. The multinationally-owned company: a case study: Michael Whitehead

Comment: H. W. Wertheimer

Part Seven: Summary and Conclusions

13. Summary of discussion: David Robertson

14. Concluding comments: John Heath

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

First published in 1971 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Dunning, John H. The Multinational Enterprise (RLE International Business)

ISBN:

9781135134082

OCLC:

827208938