03017oam 2200481 450 991081805180332120190911100040.01-135-12631-30-203-07656-71-299-44860-71-135-12632-110.4324/9780203076569 (OCoLC)842893210(MiFhGG)GVRL8PVA(EXLCZ)99255000000101848820140913d2013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrNew theories of the multinational enterprise /edited by Alan M. RugmanAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (303 pages)Routledge library editions. International business ;v. 33First published in 1982 by Croom Helm.0-415-75212-4 0-415-65772-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front Cover; Copyright Page; New Theories of the Multinational Enterprise; Contents; Preface; 1. Internalization and Non-Equity Forms of International Involvement; 2. Transaction Costs and the Theory of the Multinational Enterprise; 3. Mergers and the Theory of Foreign Direct Investment; 4. Conventional Theory and Unconventional Multinationals: Do New Forms of Multinational Enterprise Require NewTheories?; 5. The Eclectic Theory of the Multinational Enterprise and the International Hotel Industry; 6. Regional Offices in Multinational Firms7. Industrial Co-operation, Joint Ventures and the MNE in Yugoslavia8. Macroeconomic Theories of Foreign Direct Investment: an Assessment; 9. Foreign Bank Entry into Japan and California; 10. Multinational Food and Fish Corporations; 11. Inter-industry Determinants of Foreign Direct Investments: a Canadian Perspective; 12. Multinational Enterprises and Technology Transfer; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index of Names; Index of SubjectsThis book brings together the work of noted authorities in the field of multinational enterprises who explain and debate the merits of internalization theory as the new general theory of the multinational enterprise. Alternatives to internalization, such as licensing, joint ventures and other contractual arrangements are also evaluated. There are many applications to actual businesses, such as in the hotel, fish, food and banking industries. Also considered are regional office location and applications of the theory to Canada, Japan, the former Yugoslavia, the UK and USA. Routledge Library Editions: International BusinessInternational business enterprisesCongressesInternational business enterprisesCongresses.338.88Rugman Alan M.MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910818051803321New theories of the multinational enterprise455803UNINA