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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828923503321

Autore

Poynter Thomas A.

Titolo

Multinational enterprises & government intervention / / Thomas A. Poynter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12638-0

1-283-94176-7

0-203-07657-5

1-135-12639-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge library editions : international business ; ; v. 32

Disciplina

338.88

Soggetti

International business enterprises

Industrial policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1985.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The nature of intervention -- pt. 2. The management of intervention.

Sommario/riassunto

Government intervention can reduce the profits of multinational enterprises. These interventions also increase uncertainty and risk and distort trading and intra-firm sourcing patterns. The focus of this book is a corporate survival plan that describes how a multinational can monitor its exposure to intervention and then seek to reduce it. It reports on the successes and failures of firms as they implement various global management systems and recommends a general strategy. Such a strategy will allow multinationals to continue foreign investment with the longer term hor