For decades governments, politicians, and trade unions have feared that firms investing abroad involved a loss of employment and a decline in wages for the home country, the implied assumption being that global production and consumption are somehow fixed. Similarly, research on multinational firms has tended to present them as having a number of alternatives - export, licensing or foreign direct investment - for the exploitation of fixed foreign markets. In reality, the complex relationships between parent companies and their foreign affiliates must be examined very carefully and with the...
For decades governments, politicians, and trade unions have feared that firms investing abroad involved a loss of employment and a decline in wages fo...
John H. Dunning John Dunning Jean Louis Mucchielli
At the turn of the century, questions about multinational firms' strategies as regards the forces, on the one hand, of globalization and, on the other hand, of the regional and local dimensions are very much to the fore. This work examines issues concerning these topics.
At the turn of the century, questions about multinational firms' strategies as regards the forces, on the one hand, of globalization and, on the other...
