04248nam 2200817 450 991078733850332120230501055319.01-4426-9672-91-4426-5926-210.3138/9781442696723(CKB)3710000000356405(EBL)3297049(SSID)ssj0001436746(PQKBManifestationID)12617540(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001436746(PQKBWorkID)11443048(PQKB)10227945(MiAaPQ)EBC4672893(CEL)438776(OCoLC)905361577(CaBNVSL)slc00235563(MiAaPQ)EBC3297049(DE-B1597)465196(OCoLC)979781198(DE-B1597)9781442696723(Au-PeEL)EBL4672893(CaPaEBR)ebr11258544(OCoLC)958581606(OCoLC)906190525(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105792(EXLCZ)99371000000035640520160923h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrForeign ownership of Canadian industry /A. E. Safarian3rd ed.Toronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2011.©20111 online resource (390 p.)Heritage1-4426-1222-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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.This third edition of Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry features a new preface contextualizing Safarian's influential work against contemporary economic issues and policies.Corporations, AmericanCanadaCorporations, ForeignCanadaIndustriesCanadaCanadafastCorporations, AmericanCorporations, ForeignIndustries338.88871Safarian A. E.914363MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787338503321Foreign ownership of Canadian industry3868811UNINA