Leviathans: Multinational Corporations and the New Global History

by Edited by Alfred D. Chandler , Bruce Mazlish

• ISBN13: 9780521549936
• ISBN10: 0521549930
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A ground-breaking exploration of multinational corporations that differs from other books on the subject by offering the reader a totally global perspective of multinationals without portraying them simply as economic entities. Written by experts on various aspects of the history, development, cultural and social implications of the multinational corporation, the book paints a compelling and coherent picture of the way these businesses affect almost all areas of our existence. As we might expect, the multinational company is shown to play a major role in the globalization that is reshaping so much of our lives.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
List of Contributors	xiii
Introduction	1	(18)
Alfred Chandler and Bruce Mazlish
PART ONE THE SCOPE OF THE MULTINATIONAL PHENOMENON
1 A Primer on Multinational Corporations	19	(26)
Brian Roach
2 Multinational Enterprise to 1930: Discontinuities and Continuities	45	(36)
Mira Wilkins
3 Multinationals from the 1930's to the 1980's	81	(24)
Geoffrey Jones
4 Innovative Multinational Forms: Japan as a Case Study	105	(30)
Sei Yonekura and Sara McKinney
PART TWO CULTURAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF MULTINATIONALS
5 The Social Impacts of Multinational Corporations: An Outline of the Issues with a Focus on Workers	135	(32)
Neva Goodwin
6 A Global Elite?	167	(22)
Bruce Mazlish and Elliott R. Morss
PART THREE THE GOVERNANCE OF MULTINATIONALS
7 Governing the Multinational Enterprise: The Emergence of the Global Shareowner	189	(14)
Robert A.G. Monks
8 The Financial Revolutions of the Twentieth Century	203	(16)
Zhu Jia-Ming and Elliott R. Morss
9 Multinational Corporations, the Protest Movement, and the Future of Global Governance	219	(18)
Stephen J. Kobrin
Conclusion	237	(6)
Index	243