Description
Book SynopsisThese important volumes focus on multinational corporations and present the most important articles seeking to explain the reasons for their appearance, their growth and their effects on both host and home countries and the world economy. They also includes literature addressing the effect of the international political economy on multinationals and their impact on the international systems. Country strategies as well as corporate ones are also included.
Trade Review'Over the last quarter of a century the literature on direct foreign investment (DFI) has grown both in volume and sophistication. These two volumes bring together the most influential and enduring pieces in this vast research. . . . The articles included in those two volumes not only provide the theoretical tools for the analysis of these but also serve to remind us of the controversial nature of the operations of the MNC.' -- Mohammed A. Salisu, The Economic Journal
Table of Contents37 articles, dating from 1966 to 1991 Contents: 1. Origins of the Study of FDI 2. Theory and Behavior of Multinational Corporations 3. Foreign Direct Investment and the International System 4. Foreign Direct Investment and the Nation State
