Foreign ownership of Canadian industry / / A. E. Safarian

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787338503321
• Autore: Safarian A. E.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2011; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-4426-9672-9; 1-4426-5926-2
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (390 p.)
• Collana: Heritage
• Disciplina: 338.88871
• Soggetti: Corporations, American - Canada; Corporations, Foreign - Canada; Industries - Canada; Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Introduction. Direct investment in the Canadian economy -- The controversy about the international firm.; pt. 2. The statistical background to the study. The nature of the interviews and questionnaire -- Comparisons of respondent firms with all direct investment companies -- Cross-classifications of the variables.; pt. 3. The managers and their powers. The senior executives -- The board of directors -- The management or executive committee -- Other methods of maintaining contact with the affiliate -- The delegation of powers -- The degree of decentralization of responsibility -- The degree of supervision.; pt. 4. The exports of subsidiary companies. The evidence on private international trade restriction -- The export pattern of direct investment companies -- The nature of the export sales organization -- The effect of affiliation on exports -- External pressures on foreign-owned firms.; pt. 5. The imports of subsidiary companies. The import pattern of direct investment companies -- Policy and organization with regard to ; purchasing -- The effect of affiliation on purchases.; pt. 6. The transfer of knowledge. The performance of research by the respondent companies -- The nature of the Canadian research programs -- Access to the parent's knowledge.; pt. 7. Comparative costs of production. Unit production costs compared with affiliates -- Broader issues regarding efficiency.; pt. 8. The pattern of ownership and finance. The ownership of voting stock -- Sources of funds -- Payment of dividends -- The United States guidelines program.; pt. 9. Nationality of ownership and performance of the firm. Degrees of foreign ownership and performance -- The nature of the resident-owned firms in this study -- Senior personnel -- Marketing and purchasing -- Research and development -- Ownership and finance -- Further tests of difference regarding performance.
• Sommario/riassunto: This third edition of Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry features a new preface contextualizing Safarian's influential work against contemporary economic issues and policies.