Multinationals, Subsidiaries and National Business Systems
The Nickel Industry and Falconbridge Nikkelverk
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
224 pages
978-1-84893-269-2 (ISBN)
Description
Scholarly attention has tended to focus on the owners and management of the multinationals, but when the focus is changed to that of subsidiaries, different aspects of business development and international capitalism come to light. Sandvik's study looks at the Falconbridge nickel refinery in Kristiansand, Norway.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-84893-269-2 (9781848932692)
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Content
Preface 1 Aims and Approaches 2 The Industrial Background 3 The Rise and Fall of the Kristiansand Nickel Company, 1910-24 4 Falconbridge, the Kristiansand Plant and the Norwegian Business System, 1929-39 5 Vertical Integration and Trade Politics: Falconbridge's Success on World Markets in the 1930s 6 Managerial Practices and Transatlantic Tension 7 Occupied and Isolated, 1940-5 8 Restoring and Promoting the Subsidiary's Mandate: The Post-War Expansion 9 Multinational Enterprise and Norwegian Social Democracy 10 A Creative Subsidiary? Developing Kristiansand's Knowledge Resources 11 The Weakening of Falconbridge and the Strengthening of the Kristiansand Subsidiary 12 Multinational Enterprise, Host Society and Environmental Challenges 13 Creating a Competitive Subsidiary 14 Conclusions: The Making of a Subsidiary
