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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462865703321

Titolo

The growth of international business / / edited by Mark Casson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-97323-5

0-203-07783-0

1-135-13429-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. International business ; ; v. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

CassonMark <1945->

Disciplina

338.881

Soggetti

International business enterprises

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1983 by George Allen & Unwin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Growth of International Business; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Theory; 1. Introduction: the conceptual framework, by Mark Casson; 2. New theories of international business: some unresolved issues, by Peter J. Buckley; 3. Technological and organisational factors in the theory of the multinational enterprise, by David J. Teece; 4. Pricing and sourcing strategies in a multinational oligopoly, by Mark Casson and George Norman; Evidence; 5. Changes in the level and structure of international production: the last one hundred years, by John H.Dunning

6. Industrial diversification amongst the world's leading multinational enterprises, by Robert D. Pearce7. The growth and structure of multinationals in the banana export trade, by Robert Read; 8. Strategic factors in the growth of a multinational enterprise: the Burmah Oil Company, 1886-1928, by T. A. B. Corley; 9. The growth of transnational banking, by George N.Yannopoulos; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book integrates the work of economists, management scientists and business historians. It applies the related concepts of transaction costs, internalisation, corporate strategy and market structure to explain the historical process of corporate growth in the international economy. Each chapter is written by a scholar who has specialized in a particular aspect of the growth of international business.