Leviathans: Multinational Corporations and the New Global History

ISBN-13: 9780521840613 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 264 str.

Alfred Chandler; Bruce Mazlish

Opis

Representing a path-breaking effort to look at multinational corporations in the round, this book emphasizes their scope, history and development, cultural and social implications, and governance problems. Starting with a primer on MNCs, eight chapters are devoted to a variety of aspects, including global elites. Their approach makes readers recognize that MNCs are not merely economic entities, but are part of a complex interplay of factors. In turn, studying MNCs will lead to reexamination of the globalization process.

Recenzje

"This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the origins and development of the multinational corporation. The volume is a classic collection of key articles on the changing nature and dynamics of MNE's in the global economy. Chandler and Mazlish do a great job explaining multifaceted nature and interests in MNE's, and their role in the processes of globalization. This collection will be of great interest to scholars in economics, economic history, and business and organizations." David J. Teece, Mitsubishi Bank Professor of International Business and Finance, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Spis treści

Introduction Alfred Chandler and Bruce Mazlish; Part I. The Scope of the Multinational Phenomenon: 1. A primer on multinational corporations Brian Roach; 2. Multinational enterprise to 1930: discontinuities and continuities Mira Wilkins; 3. Multinationals from the 1930s to the 1980s Geoffrey Jones; 4. Innovative multinational forms: Japan as a case study Sei Yonekura and Sara McKinney; Part II. Cultural and Social Implications of Multinationals: 5. The social impacts of multinational corporations: an outline of the issues, with a focus on workers Neva R. Goodwin; 6. A global elite? Bruce Mazlish and Elliott Morss; Part III. The Governance of Multinationals: 7. Governing the multinational enterprise: emergence of the global shareowner Robert A. G. Monks; 8. The financial revolutions of the twentieth century Zhu Jia-Ming and Elliott R. Morss; 9. Multinational corporations, the protest movement, and the future of global governance Stephen J. Kobrin; Conclusion Bruce Mazlish.