Restrictive Business Practices, Transnational Corporations, and Development: A Survey

ISBN-13: 9789400981522 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 166 str.

F. Long

Opis

Problems of development in what is normally called the Third World have been a subject matter of concern of the social sciences, lespecially of eco nomics, for over two decades now. 1 Between the late 1950s and the current time, as Chapter 2 attempts to show, the emphasis seems to have shifted from purely economic considerations of underdevelopment to a paradigm that includes other, extra-economic considerations of a social, political, and cultural nature. The recent emergence of development studies as a new social science discipline stems precisely from the methodological premise that development is a complex process that can only be adequately under of a stood, analyzed, and alleviated by a cross-disciplinary approach instead 2 wholly unidisciplinary one. We do not wish to challenge the above proposition. However, it remains of certain economic phenomena that pose problems true that an assessment of to developing countries can offer us greater insights into problems development, including the formulation of appropriate policies aimed at improving socioeconomic conditions in such countries. is restrictive business practices. This study is con One such phenomenon of restrictive business practices as they cerned mainly with surveying aspects relate to problems of development in the Third World. Restrictive business xiii xiv INTRODUCTION practices are not confined to developing countries; however, limited work seems to have been conducted in terms of relating the concept of restrictive business practices to problems of development. The existing evidence of restrictive business practices in the development process is quite fragmen tary."

Spis treści

1 The Problem.- Definition of Terms.- The Concepts of Oligopoly and Monopoly and Restrictive Business Practices.- Business Concentration and the Real World.- Market Power and the Law.- 2 Literature on Development.- Growth and Development.- The 1950s to the Early 1960s.- International Aspects.- Toward a Social Scientific Interpretation.- Conclusion.- 3 Restrictive Business Practices, Transnational Corporations, and Aspects of Control.- Legislation in Selected Developed Countries.- Legislation in Developing Countries.- 4 Transnational Corporations and Developing Countries.- Investment Theory, International Investment, and Transnationals.- Transnational Corporations as Dominant-Firm Types.- Activities of Transnational Corporations and Developing Countries.- Country Breakdown of Production Activities.- Transnational Corporations and Imports.- Transnational Corporations and Exports.- 5 Restrictive Business Practices and Transnational Corporations: Some Available Evidence.- Types of Restrictive Business Practices.- Restrictive Business Practices and Transnational Corporations: The Factual Situation.- 6 Development Implications of Restrictive Business Practices.- Some Negative Aspects.- Imports.- Exports.- A Summary of Development Implications.- Other Related Aspects.- Conclusion.- 7 Policy Aspects of Restrictive Business Practices.- Historical Aspects.- UNCTAD and Restrictive Business Practices.- Other Cases.- Conclusions.- Notes.- Name Index.