This book brings together a collection of studies intended to touch upon, and advance the understanding of, the changing role of trade and foreign direct investment in a globalizing economy, and how the economies of the nation state, and the economic policies of national governments, are becoming increasingly intertwined. It examines the impact of globalization on the competitiveness of a variety of regions and countries, ranging from the European Union and New Zealand to Taiwan and Ghana, and sets out the main analytical components of competitiveness, viewed from the perspective of both firms and countries. It describes and analyzes the interface between trade, FDI flows, and the activities of MNE's, as each is affected by, and affects the level and pattern of globalization - and, in some cases, regionalization. The determinants of outward FDI and its implication for the economic structure and competitiveness of the home country are examined, as is the impact of some of the more recent developments in the global economy - and particularly that of the liberalization of trade and investment regimes - on inbound FDI. It deals with some of the consequences of globalization, and the deepening of cross-border economic relationships, on the policies of national governments. The impact of regional economic integration on FDI and trade (including trade by the foreign affiliates of MNE's) is examined, as are the policies pursued by national governments in response to recent economic events, and the implications of globalization for the macro-economic and macro-organizational policies of national administrations.

Globalization, Trade and Foreign Direct Investment (Series in International Business and Economics)

Business & Money

Dunning, J. H.

Dunning, John H.

Economics

Emerald Publishing Limited

This thoroughly updated and revised edition of a widely acclaimed, classic text will be required reading for academics, policymakers and advanced students of international business worldwide. Employing a distinctive and unified framework, this book draws together research across a range of academic fields to offer a synthesis of the determinants of MNE activity, and its effects on the economic and social well-being of developed and developing countries. Unique to the new edition is its focus on the institutional underpinnings of the resources and capabilities of MNEs, and the role of MNE activity in transmitting and facilitating institutional change.Since the initial publication of this book more than a decade ago, the economic, managerial and social implications of globalisation and technological advancement have become even more varied and prominent. Accompanying these developments, there has been a rise in scholarly interest in interdisciplinary research addressing the important challenges of an ever-changing physical and human environment. Drawing on articles and books from international business and economics, as well as economic geography, political economy and strategic management, a systematic overview of the developments in scholarly thinking is presented, while also highlighting the emerging topical issues and methodologies.

Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy (International Business Series)

Addison-Wesley

Are transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment beneficial or harmful to societies around the world? Since the birth of the United Nations more than 60 years ago, these questions have been major issues of interest and involvement for UN institutions. What have been the key ideas generated by the UN about TNCs and their relations with nation-states? How have these ideas evolved and what has been their impact? This book examines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs, and, with the advent of globalization in the 1980s, the evolution of a more cooperative relationship between TNCs and developing countries, resulting in the 1999 Global Compact.

The UN and Transnational Corporations: From Code of Conduct to Global Compact (United Nations Intellectual History Project Series)

Sagafi-Nejad, Tagi

Indiana University Press

Are transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment beneficial or harmful to societies around the world? Since the birth of the United Nations more than 60 years ago, these questions have been major issues of interest and involvement for UN institutions. What have been the key ideas generated by the UN about TNCs and their relations with nation-states? How have these ideas evolved and what has been their impact? This book examines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs, and, with the advent of globalization in the 1980s, the evolution of a more cooperative relationship between TNCs and developing countries, resulting in the 1999 Global Compact.

The Un and Transnational Corporations: From Code of Conduct to Global Compact (United Nations Intellectual History Project Series)

Economic analysis and the multinational enterprise, (Praeger special studies in international economics and development)

International

Praeger

Transnational Corporations: Transfer Pricing and Taxation (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY ; SET D, V. 14)

Plasschaert, Sylvain R. F.

Routledge

This volume brings together world experts in international business who offer a commentary on the key activities of transnational corporations. The articles consist of the 20 introductions for the United Nations Library on Transnational Corporations series, here updated and drawn together to stand alone as a single volume.Each contributor offers a key introduction to each major aspect of the activities of transnational corporations in world development, including such areas as corporate structure and strategy, economic development, innovation, technology and law. Each article discusses for the topic in hand its evolution, the key issues in light of today's world economy and the matters that will require attention in the future.Offering an unrivalled synthesis of the latest research in international business, this volume will be of great interest to students and researchers and practitioners in the field of international business and international economics.

Transnational Corporations and World Development

Cengage Learning EMEA

In recent years, economic activity has become steadily globalized. Multinational enterprises have been an ever-present but often little understood impetus behind this process. "The Globalization of Business" explores the latest issues in the world of international business. Against a background discussion of global strategy and current theoretical frameworks, Dunning examines diverse aspects of multinational activity. He looks at the implications of the opening up of territories such as Central and Eastern Europe and parts of China for both well-established and newly emerging multinational firms. He clarifies investment patterns in these areas in the context of patterns of international direct investment for the 1990s and also looks at to what extent the competitive advantages of nation states are increasingly coming to depend on the presence of multinational activity. In the final section of the book, Dunning discusses challenges to national and regional government policies, covering the different kinds of relationships between governments and multinational enterprises and the political economy of international business.

The Globalization of Business: The Challenge of the 1990s

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Studies Intnl Investment (The Rise of International Business)

Economic Analysis and Multinational Enterprise

With an impressive array of international contributors from the UK, USA, Sweden and Peru, this book includes chapters on the following: The nature of the multinational enterprise; The theory of the firm; The location of economic activity; Industrial organization; Technology and technological change; the theory of international trade; Monetary policy; The theory of development policy; Wage determination and collective bargaining; Income distribution and welfare considerations and size of firm and size of nation.

Dunning, Professor John H

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