Japanese Multinationals (RLE International Business)
Japanese Multinationals (RLE International Business)

Author: Nigel Campbell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1135130469

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International in perspective, this volume provides insights into the important problem of how to transfer Japanese practice to Western countries. It also examines key aspects of Japanese multinationals and discusses how they are developing their global strategies and how they are managing their local workforces. Topics covered include relations with suppliers, governments and competitors, leadership patterns and business philosophy. The impact of Japanese multinationals on the local economies of host countries is a particular focus. The dynamics of strategic alliances, technology transfers and research and development centres are also discussed.

Multinationals and Europe 1992 (RLE International Business)
Multinationals and Europe 1992 (RLE International Business)

Author: Beat Burgenmeier

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-25

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1135134782

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When it was originally published this book presented the first independent review of the critical role played by multinationals in Europe. Extending its focus beyond 1992, the book examines both the economic and business strategy frameworks the firms need to develop to maintain a competitive advantage. Using case-studies from specific industries, it looks not only at the activity of multinationals within the single market but explores the competitive strategies of non-European firms with special emphasis on Japanese companies which were poised to exploit 1992. The importance of interaction between multinationals and national government policies is also analysed taking into account the integration already achieved.

New Theories of the Multinational Enterprise (RLE International Business)
New Theories of the Multinational Enterprise (RLE International Business)

Author: Alan Rugman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1135126321

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This book brings together the work of noted authorities in the field of multinational enterprises who explain and debate the merits of internalization theory as the new general theory of the multinational enterprise. Alternatives to internalization, such as licensing, joint ventures and other contractual arrangements are also evaluated. There are many applications to actual businesses, such as in the hotel, fish, food and banking industries. Also considered are regional office location and applications of the theory to Canada, Japan, the former Yugoslavia, the UK and USA.

Multinationals and the Restructuring of the World Economy (RLE International Business)
Multinationals and the Restructuring of the World Economy (RLE International Business)

Author: Michael Taylor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1135124485

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This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to the spatial consequences of, and responses to, their operations at a number of scales. The book takes as its theme the differential spatial outcomes of the restructuring of different types of multinational corporation.

Multinational Service Firms (RLE International Business)
Multinational Service Firms (RLE International Business)

Author: Peter Enderwick

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 113513393X

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This book presents a world survey of multinational firms in the key parts of the service sector. The service sector has grown greatly in importance in recent years in many countries of the world. Many of the key parts of the service sector that are growing most rapidly are dominated by large multinational firms and this has important implications for the future shape of the world economy and for closer economic integration between countries. In addition, the particular style and operations of multinational firms in one sector can provide useful lessons for multinational enterprise in other sectors. The book examines the operations and the style of the firms considered and explores how they dominate their sectors. It charts how the firms have developed, discusses the critical issues facing them; and suggests how present trends may continue in the future.

The Multinational Motor Industry (RLE International Business)
The Multinational Motor Industry (RLE International Business)

Author: George Maxcy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1135127018

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This book analyses the multinational enterprise using the example of the world motor industry. It begins by examining the multinational enterprise in general, considering its nature, the economic theory of its behaviour and is effects on the nation state. It goes on to explore the growth and development of the multinational motor industry, and then surveys the state of the motor industry, and the role of multinationals in it, in various types of economy, using case studies from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil and India.

Multinational Business and Labour (RLE International Business)
Multinational Business and Labour (RLE International Business)

Author: Peter Enderwick

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1135134006

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Aimed at senior undergraduate and post-graduate students following courses in International Business and Industrial Relations this book examines the labour market effects of multinational business. In reflecting the complexity and dynamism of developments in this area, the book makes clear the need to underpin analysis of the labour market effects of multinational business with conceptual understanding of the theory of multinational enterprise.

The Geography of Multinationals (RLE International Business)
The Geography of Multinationals (RLE International Business)

Author: Michael Taylor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1135124558

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Through a series of international case studies, the nature and the geographical implications of the development of multinational corporations is examined. The volume concentrates on the latter Post-War period of corporate restructuring and readjustment in response to world-wide recession in the mid-1980s. The volume is divided into two parts. In the first each of the chapters considers a particular aspect of the problem of how multinational corporations have developed. In the second part the chapters consider different aspects of the economic and social impacts of these corporations. The common theme that links all the papers is their emphasis on careful historical analysis of different forms of spatial organisation and their transformation into other, different forms.

The Italian Multinationals (RLE International Business)
The Italian Multinationals (RLE International Business)

Author: Fabrizio Onida

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1135133581

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This book, based on extensive, original, detailed research presents a comprehensive overview of the Italian multinationals and their activities during the 1990s. It: surveys the size, geographical and sectoral distribution of Italian multinationals examines why they went international, how and what they gained discusses the strategic position of Italian multinationals in the world economy examines the effect of multinationals investment both inward and outward on the Italian economy provides detail on individual companies

Multinationals, Governments and International Technology Transfer (RLE International Business)
Multinationals, Governments and International Technology Transfer (RLE International Business)

Author: Edward Safarian

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1135126259

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This book examines the international technology transfer process and the role of both multinationals and host-country governments in that process, with emphasis on the experience of the more developed countries. It explores a range of issues and presents much original thinking and research findings. It discusses in particular the strategies of the multinationals, assessing how far they are willing to accept technology transfer to external partners (as opposed to subsidiaries which they can control). It also examines how far technical transfers are successful from the viewpoint of the firm and countries involved, arguing that governments are most likely to succeed in attracting multinational transfers if they are aware of and accommodate to some degree multinationals’ preferences.