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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818828603321

Titolo

Multinational corporations and the third world / / edited by C.J. Dixon, D. Drakakis-Smith and H.D. Watts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12997-5

1-283-94188-0

0-203-07718-0

1-135-12998-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 200 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions. International business ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

338.8881724

Soggetti

International business enterprises

International business enterprises - Developing countries

International business enterprises - Information services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1986 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND THE THIRD WORLD; Copyright; Multinational Corporations and the Third World; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Abbreviations used in the text; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Multinationals: Spearhead or Spectre?; Chapter 2 Multinationals and the Exploitation of Non-Renewable Resources; Chapter 3 Multinationals and Restructuring in Latin America; Chapter 4 Arming the Third World: The Role of the Multinational Corporation; Chapter 5 The New International Division of Labour and American Semiconductor Production in Southeast Asia

Chapter 6 Multinational Corporations and the Triple Alliance in Latin AmericaChapter 7 Multinational Corporations, the State and Indigenous Beer Production in Central Africa; Chapter 8 Multinational Resource Corporations, Nationalization and Diminished Viability: Caribbean Plantations, Mines and Oilfields in the 1970s; Notes on Contributors; Subject Index; Company Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive study of the role of multinational corporations in the economies of the Third World. It begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the activities of multinational



corporations and the main areas of research and debate. It goes on to discuss specific sociological, developmental and material effects on Third World countries resulting from involvement with multinational corporations. It includes case studies detailing the mid-twentieth century history and probable effects of specific multinational corporations' involvement in Third World countries.