Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides rigorous analysis of the wide range of questions surrounding the role of international institutions in governing global business, especially multinational enterprises (MNEs). The analysis, both theoretical and empirical, focuses on the corporate governance of MNEs and to what extent their management takes into account the negative effects of their activities. Also discussed are: how nation states and international institutions control the activities of MNEs, and how the role and strategies of international institutions can be changed to minimise any negative effects without hampering the positive aspects and effects of MNEs.
Besides the general questions of corporate governance, the fundamental differences between shareholder and stakeholder concepts are also carefully examined. A number of moral aspects in corporate governance are touched upon including the effect of international entrepreneurial activities on wages, labour markets and environmental issues.
International Institutions and Multinational Enterprises is a fascinating book that will appeal to scholars of international and development economics, international business management and institutional economics. NGOs and policymakers involved in international trade, monetary and development policy formulation and associated institutions will also find much to interest them.
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. International Institutions and Corporate Governance 2. Global Capitalism: The Moral Challenge 3. Corporate Governance in Multinational Companies 4. The International Competition Network as an International Merger Control Institution 5. Do Multinational Enterprises Pay Less Taxes 6. Multinational Enterprises 7. Foreign Direct Investment and Wages 8. Coordination Failures and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Least Developed Countries 9. Market Entry Strategies of Multinational Firms in Local and Regional Markets and their Consequences for Regional Development 10. Institutional and Policy Variety, the Role of IFIs and Economic Development 11. International Institutions and Financial Market Stability Index
