This monograph attempts to present a holistic interpretation of the determinants of international production. It proposes that any explanation of the activities of multinational enterprises needs to be multi-dimensional both in the questions asked and in the methodology of analysis. It asserts that, like other multi-activity firms, the MNE is both a creator of production and an organizer of transactions relating to that production. Viewing the subject in this light, the author feels that it is legitimate to criticize many explanations of international production.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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tables, figures, references, index
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-04-445214-0 (9780044452140)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Trade, location of economic activity and the multinational enterprise - a search for the eclectic paradigm; the eclectic paradigm of international production - a restatement and some possible extensions; changes in the level and structure of international production - the last 100 years; some theoretical antecedents to the eclectic paradigm; the investment development cycle and Third World multinationals; non-equity forms of foreign economic involvement and the theory of international production; explaining intra-industry international production; US and Japanese manufacturing affiliates in the UK - comparisons and contrasts; the eclectic paradigm and the international hotel industry; multinational enterprises in the business services sector - a study in location choice; cross-border corporation integration and regional integration; towards an interdisciplinary explanation of international production; the new-style multinationals - circa the late 1980s and early 1990s.
