This volume examines the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the geography of international production, covering both theoretical and empirical aspects.

Thoroughly updated and substantially extended, this internationally successful text explores transnational corporations (TNCs), their activities and effects, as well as the theories developed to explain them. Key features of this edition: * A unique critical analysis of all the theories of TNCs in their historical development with insightful and original commentaries on each of them, now extended to cover network theory and dynamic capabilities theory * Clear exposition of concepts on the evolution and the activities of TNCs * Analysis of effects of TNCs' activities on:...

Thoroughly updated and substantially extended, this internationally successful text explores transnational corporations (TNCs), their activities and effects, as well as the theories developed to explain them. Key features of this edition: * A unique critical analysis of all the theories of TNCs in their historical development with insightful and original commentaries on each of them, now extended to cover network theory and dynamic capabilities theory * Clear exposition of concepts on the evolution and the activities of TNCs * Analysis of effects of TNCs' activities on:...