
Making Transnationals Accountable
A Significant Step for Britain
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 23. June 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-415-06871-0 (ISBN)
Description
With transnationals now of immense significance to many economies and thus seeming to have immense leverage over host governments, this book looks at what can be done to influence the behaviour of these corporations. With a case study of Glaxo.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-06871-0 (9780415068710)
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David Bailey | George Harte | Roger Sugden
Making Transnationals Accountable
A Significant Step for Britain
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11/2002
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David Bailey | George Harte | Roger Sugden
Making Transnationals Accountable
A Significant Step for Britain
E-Book
11/2002
Routledge
€89.99
Available for download

David Bailey | George Harte | Roger Sugden
Making Transnationals Accountable
A Significant Step for Britain
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06/1994
1st Edition
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Persons
David Bailey is Lecturer in Economics in the Research Centre for Industrial Strategy, University of Birmingham Business School. His research interests cover issues in industrial strategy, particularly policy towards transnational corporations. George Harte is Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Edinburgh. A Chartered Accountant, his main research interests are social auditing, the use of accounting information in ethical and environmental investments and in economic regulation. Roger Sugden is Director of the Research Centre for Industrial Strategy and Senior Lecturer in Industrial Economics at the University of Birmingham Business School. He has published widely in the area of industrial economics, particularly on transnational corporations.
Content
1 THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRATEGY 2 BRITAIN'S RECENT ATTITUDE 3 CONTRASTING ATTITUDES ELSEWHERE 4 A MONITORING STRATEGY 5 ISSUES OF CONCERN 6 THE FORM OF ACCOUNT 7 TOWARDS AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACCOUNT: A CASE STUDY 8 DISCUSSION OF THE GLAXO CASE STUDY 9 CO-OPERATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES 10 A SIGNIFICANT STEP FOR BRITAIN