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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779570403321

Titolo

New theories of the multinational enterprise / / edited by Alan M. Rugman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12631-3

0-203-07656-7

1-299-44860-7

1-135-12632-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions. International business ; ; v. 33

Disciplina

338.88

Soggetti

International business enterprises - Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1982 by Croom Helm.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Copyright Page; New Theories of the Multinational Enterprise; Contents; Preface; 1. Internalization and Non-Equity Forms of International Involvement; 2. Transaction Costs and the Theory of the Multinational Enterprise; 3. Mergers and the Theory of Foreign Direct Investment; 4. Conventional Theory and Unconventional Multinationals: Do New Forms of Multinational Enterprise Require NewTheories?; 5. The Eclectic Theory of the Multinational Enterprise and the International Hotel Industry; 6. Regional Offices in Multinational Firms

7. Industrial Co-operation, Joint Ventures and the MNE in Yugoslavia8. Macroeconomic Theories of Foreign Direct Investment: an Assessment; 9. Foreign Bank Entry into Japan and California; 10. Multinational Food and Fish Corporations; 11. Inter-industry Determinants of Foreign Direct Investments: a Canadian Perspective; 12. Multinational Enterprises and Technology Transfer; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together the work of noted authorities in the field of multinational enterprises who explain and debate the merits of internalization theory as the new general theory of the multinational enterprise. Alternatives to internalization, such as licensing, joint



ventures and other contractual arrangements are also evaluated. There are many applications to actual businesses, such as in the hotel, fish, food and banking industries. Also considered are regional office location and applications of the theory to Canada, Japan, the former Yugoslavia, the UK and USA.