Co-operation in International Business

This volume explores the role critical environmental factors play in shaping the foreign activities of multinational enterprises. The work combines an extensive review of recent research in international business, strategic management, and organizational theory, with an empirical study of US multinational enterprises. The objective is to assess the impact of key economic, social and political variables on the MNE's use of majority and minority owned affiliates in specific markets. This analysis yields a number of provocative and counter-intuitive findings which should be of interest to managers and policy makers.