International firms face difficult problems in attempting to deal with the conflicts between their own interest as world-wide economic organisations on the one hand, that of the countries in which they operate on the other, and with the conflicts of interest among the countries which are related to the international policies of the firms. The author analyses the underlying problems and points to possible solutions.

Government intervention can reduce the profits of multinational enterprises. These interventions also increase uncertainty and risk and distort trading and intra-firm sourcing patterns. The focus of this book is a corporate survival plan that describes how a multinational can monitor its exposure to intervention and then seek to reduce it. It reports on the successes and failures of firms as they implement various global management systems and recommends a general strategy.

This volume brings together the work of noted authorities in the field of multinational enterprises who explain and debate the merits of internalisation theory as the new general theory of the multinational enterprise. Alternatives to internalisation, such as licensing, joint ventures and other contractual arrangements are also evaluated.

This study analyses the causes of British manufacturing investment overseas, focusing primarily on the period from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s. During these years there were significant changes in UK direct investment and this book represents the first major analysis of these changes based on detailed case studies of British international firms.

Through a series of international case studies, this book examines the nature and the geographical implications of the development of multinational corporations. It concentrates on the latter post-war period of corporate restructuring and readjustment in response to world-wide recession in the mid-1980s.

This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to the spatial consequences of, and responses to, their operations at a number of scales.

The growth and proliferation of multinational companies has both imposed new responsibilities on and offered new opportunities to, the men who represent them around the world. This book dissects the functional responsibilities of the manager abroad in the light of his relationships with the home office and with his local environment, and explores the consequences of various types of relationships.

This volume examines how joint ventures work in practice. Drawing on extensive personal experience and using case study examples where appropriate, the author analyses the various stages, discusses the problems of partner selection, implementation and control and points out the various benefits and pitfalls.

International in perspective, this volume provides insights into the important problem of how to transfer Japanese practice to Western countries. It also examines key aspects of Japanese multinationals and discusses how they are developing their global strategies and how they are managing their local workforces.

In this volume, leading contributors look at the development of the evolutionary approach to international business, the internationalisation of service industries and the implications of the changing face of Europe for international business in the 1990s. Providing a blend of theory, analysis and case-study material, it is a vital resource for students of international business and related fields.