The Multinational Corporation in the 1980s

by David B. Audretsch (Editor), Charles P. Kindleberger (Editor)

Overview

This collection of essays addresses the vital question of how much the theory of direct foreign investment - developed a decade ago before many drastic changes took place on the international economic scene - still holds. Grouped in five major sections, they cover The Theory of Direct Foreign Investment; Industrial Organization and International Markets; Country Studies; International Finance; and Implications for the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262610445
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	02/07/1986
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Charles P. Kindleberger is Ford International Professor of Economics Emeritus, MIT and Visiting Professor, Brandeis University.

David B. Audretsch is Assistant Professor of Economics at Middlebury College.

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Endorsement

Multinational corporations have become an important and enduring feature of the world economy. This book offers a valuable addition to our understanding of why they exist how they work how they clash with governments and how the disagreements can be resolved.—Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University

From the Publisher

Multinational corporations have become an important and enduring feature of the world economy. This book offers a valuable addition to our understanding of why they exist how they work how they clash with governments and how the disagreements can be resolved.—Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University

Richard N. Cooper

Multinational corporations have become an important and enduring feature of the world economy. This book offers a valuable addition to our understanding of why they exist how they work how they clash with governments and how the disagreements can be resolved.

Editorial Reviews

"Multinational corporations have become an important and enduring feature of the world economy. This book offers a valuable addition to our understanding of why they exist, how they work, how they clash with governments, and how the disagreements can be resolved."- Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University

& quot; Multinational corporations have become an important and enduring feature of the world economy. This book offers a valuable addition to our understanding of why they exist, how they work, how they clash with governments, and how the disagreements can be resolved.& quot; - Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University

" Multinational corporations have become an important and enduring feature of the world economy. This book offers a valuable addition to our understanding of why they exist, how they work, how they clash with governments, and how the disagreements can be resolved." - Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University

From the Publisher