The Multinational Firm

by Editor: Simon Collinson (University of Warwick); Editor: Glenn Morgan (University of Warwick)

• ISBN13: 9781405146999
• ISBN10: 1405146990
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book addresses the debate over the nature of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and analyzes common conceptions and misconceptions about their role. Rather than comprehensively covering the wide and complex topic of the multinational it presents a range of different perspectives by leading academics around the general themes of the evolution, current form and organization and impact or effects of multinationals. A central aim is to generate informed debate and discussion by presenting both alternative and contradictory views. Different perspectives on what makes multinational firms 'tick' also provide practical insights for practitioners, policy-makers and the general public. Case study examples in each chapter provide real-world illustrations whilst the combination of disparate theoretical approaches and alternative methodologies also add value in a teaching context.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Images of the Multinational Firm	p. 1
The Regional Dimension of Multinationals and the End of 'Varieties of Capitalism'	p. 23
The Innovative Multinational Firm: The Dispersion of Creativity, and its Implications for the Firm and for World Development	p. 45
The Multinational Firm as the Major Global Promoter of Economic Development	p. 69
The Multinational Firm as a Creator, Fashioner and Respondent to Institutional Change	p. 93
The Multinational Firm as an Evolutionary System	p. 117
The Multinational Firm as a Distinct Organizational Form	p. 145
Multinational Firms as Societies	p. 167
The Multinational Firm as a Contested Terrain	p. 193
The Multinational Firm as a Locus of Learning along Networks	p. 217
The Multinational Firm as an Instrument of Exploitation and Domination	p. 247
Index	p. 267
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