LEADER 04248nam 2200817 450 001 9910811763203321 005 20230501055319.0 010 $a1-4426-9672-9 010 $a1-4426-5926-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442696723 035 $a(CKB)3710000000356405 035 $a(EBL)3297049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001436746 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12617540 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001436746 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11443048 035 $a(PQKB)10227945 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672893 035 $a(CEL)438776 035 $a(OCoLC)905361577 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00235563 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3297049 035 $a(DE-B1597)465196 035 $a(OCoLC)979781198 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442696723 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672893 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258544 035 $a(OCoLC)958581606 035 $a(OCoLC)906190525 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105792 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000356405 100 $a20160923h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForeign ownership of Canadian industry /$fA. E. Safarian 205 $a3rd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (390 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 311 $a1-4426-1222-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $apt. 1. Introduction. Direct investment in the Canadian economy -- The controversy about the international firm. 327 $apt. 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. 327 $apt. 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. 327 $apt. 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. 327 $apt. 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. 327 $apt. 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. 327 $apt. 7. Comparative costs of production. Unit production costs compared with affiliates -- Broader issues regarding efficiency. 327 $apt. 8. The pattern of ownership and finance. The ownership of voting stock -- Sources of funds -- Payment of dividends -- The United States guidelines program. 327 $apt. 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. 330 $aThis third edition of Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry features a new preface contextualizing Safarian's influential work against contemporary economic issues and policies. 606 $aCorporations, American$zCanada 606 $aCorporations, Foreign$zCanada 606 $aIndustries$zCanada 607 $aCanada$2fast 615 0$aCorporations, American 615 0$aCorporations, Foreign 615 0$aIndustries 676 $a338.88871 700 $aSafarian$b A. E.$0914363 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811763203321 996 $aForeign ownership of Canadian industry$93998787 997 $aUNINA