The effects of globalization strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on national and local development are explored and analyzed here and implications of these effects for policy makers are highlighted. Containing contributions from international business scholars, the text addresses this pre
The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development
โ Scribed by Neil Hood, Stephen Young (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 426
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Globalization, Multinational Enterprises and Economic Development....Pages 3-20
Globalization and the Theory of MNE Activity....Pages 21-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Multinational Corporate Strategy and Organization: An Internal Market Perspective....Pages 55-79
Globalization, Corporate Strategies and Business Services....Pages 80-105
Globalization and the Growth of Small and Non-dominant Firms: Case Evidence from Scotland....Pages 106-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Development after Industrialization: Poor Countries in an Electronically Integrated Global Economy....Pages 133-154
Egypt at a Crossroads: MNEs and Economic Development in a Global Environment....Pages 155-179
MNEs, Globalization and Economic Development: The Case of Argentina in the 1990s....Pages 180-201
The Globalization of Business and East Asian Developing-Country Multinationals....Pages 202-224
Small- and Medium-sized MNCs, Industrial Clusters and Globalization: The Japanese Experience....Pages 225-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
The World Trade Organization: Global Rule-maker?....Pages 251-277
Locational Tournaments for FDI: Inward Investment into Europe in a Global World....Pages 278-302
The Globalization of Competition and the Localization of Competitive Advantage: Policies towards Regional Clustering....Pages 303-331
Plant Subsidiary Upgrading: Some Evidence from the Electronics Industry....Pages 332-365
Regions, Governance and FDI: The Case of Wales....Pages 366-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Globalization and Economic Development: Overview and Conclusions....Pages 393-409
Back Matter....Pages 411-411
โฆ Subjects
Business Mathematics; Marketing; International Business; Business Strategy/Leadership; Organization; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
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