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UNINA9910787338503321 |
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Autore |
Safarian A. E. |
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Titolo |
Foreign ownership of Canadian industry / / A. E. Safarian |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9672-9 |
1-4426-5926-2 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (390 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Corporations, American - Canada |
Corporations, Foreign - Canada |
Industries - Canada |
Canada |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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