Multinationals: The Swedish Case (RLE International Business)
Multinationals: The Swedish Case (RLE International Business)

Author: Erik Hornell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1135133093

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This book considers the question of the impact of multinationals on Sweden. Based on extensive original research the book examines the benefits and drawbacks of multinationals for Sweden. It relates the Swedish case of multinationals to theories of multinational enterprise and to theories of industrial change. It reviews the extensive debate within Sweden on the question and discusses the policy options available to Sweden. It argues that the mix within a multinational and the spatial distribution (either at home or abroad) of production, research and development, marketing and central functions is important in determining whether a multinational has a beneficial or adverse effect on a country like Sweden. As a small open economy which is considerably affected by movements in international trade Sweden provides the rest of the world with a unique example of the impact of multinational enterprises in terms of both outward and inward foreign direct investment.

Managing the Global Firm (RLE International Business)
Managing the Global Firm (RLE International Business)

Author: Christopher A Bartlett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 113513491X

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This volume assesses the situation for multinationals at the beginning of the 1990s, bringing together contributions from academics recognized as world leaders in the field and from practitioners with wide experience in international management. Drawing on perspectives from Europe, the USA and Japan, the contributors outline the shape of the global firm of the future. They focus squarely on the development of the corporation as a whole, rather than on the narrow management of individual foreign subsidiaries, and they also explore the specific implications for areas such as strategic planning systems, financial management, information systems and R & D management.

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

Author: Peter Enderwick

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1135133948

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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.

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: 262

ISBN-13: 1135134774

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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.

International Production and the Multinational Enterprise (RLE International Business)
International Production and the Multinational Enterprise (RLE International Business)

Author: John H Dunning

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1135134146

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The growth and impact of the multinational enterprise (MNE) in the post war period is one of the most important phenomena of our time. This volume, originally published in 1981 provides a comprehensive and detailed review of both the theoretical and policy issues at a time when the subject had reached a watershed, after the controversies of the 1970s. The book 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 international market; the response of governments and the appropriate framework for policy measures; and the historical context and likely future of the MNE.

Research in International Marketing (RLE International Business)
Research in International Marketing (RLE International Business)

Author: Peter W Turnbull

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1135124353

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This book considers problems which can be serious obstacles in international marketing but which are much less difficult in domestic marketing, such as cultural differences; the establishing and maintaining of relationships with customers’ and the special problems for firm strategy and organisation arising from the internationalisation process.

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.

Multinational Corporations and the Third World (RLE International Business)
Multinational Corporations and the Third World (RLE International Business)

Author: Chris J Dixon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1135129975

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This book is a comprehensive study of the role of multinational corporations in the economies of the Third World. It begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the activities of multinational corporations and the main areas of research and debate. It goes on to discuss specific sociological, developmental and material effects on Third World countries resulting from involvement with multinational corporations. It includes case studies detailing the mid-twentieth century history and probable effects of specific multinational corporations’ involvement in Third World countries.

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