International production and the multinational enterprise [electronic resource] / John H. Dunning.

This book covers the growth and impact of the multinational enterprise (MNE) in the post war period. It provides a balanced discussion of major themes such as the development of modern theories of international production; the impact of the MNE on the nation-state and the structure of the internatio...

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Main Author: Dunning, John H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2013, ©1981.
Series:Routledge library editions. International business ; v. 12.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The distinctive nature of the multinational enterprise
  • 2. Trade, location of economic activity and the multinational enterprise : a search for an eclectic approach
  • 3. Trade, location of economic activity and the multinational enterprise : some empirical tests
  • 4. Explaining changing patterns of international production : in support of the eclectic theory
  • 5. Explaining the international direct investment position of countries : towards a dynamic or developmental approach
  • 6. The UK's international direct investment postion in the mid-1970s
  • 7. Multinational enterprises, market structure, economic power and industrial policy
  • 8. Multinational enterprises and domestic capital formation
  • 9. Multinational enterprises, locational strategies and regional development
  • 10. Employee compensation in US multinationals and indigenous firms : an exploratory micro/macro analysis
  • 11. Multinational enterprises and trade flows of developing countries
  • 12. The consequences of international transfer of technology by multinational enterprises : some home country implications
  • 13. Evaluating the costs and benefits of multinational enterprises to host countries : a 'tool-kit' approach
  • 14. Alternative policy prescriptions and the multinational enterprise
  • 15. Multinational enterprises and the challenge of the 1980s.