multinational corporations and the new global history /
edited by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Bruce Mazlish.
New York :
Cambridge,
2005.
1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Alfred Chandler and Bruce Mazlish -- The Scope of the Multinational Phenomenon -- A primer on multinational corporations / Brian Roach -- Multinational enterprise to 1930: discontinuities and continuities / Mira Wilkins -- Multinationals from the 1930s to the 1980s / Geoffrey Jones -- Innovative multinational forms: Japan as a case study / Sei Yonekura and Sara McKinney -- Cultural and Social Implications of Multinationals -- The social impacts of multinational corporations: an outline of the issues, with a focus on workers / Neva R. Goodwin -- A global elite? / Bruce Mazlish and Elliott Morss -- The Governance of Multinationals -- Governing the multinational enterprise: emergence of the global shareowner / Robert A.G. Monks -- The financial revolutions of the twentieth century / Zhu Jia-Ming and Elliott R. Morss -- Multinational corporations, the protest movement, and the future of global governance / Stephen J. Kobrin -- Conclusion / Bruce Mazlish.
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Leviathans is a ground-breaking exploration of multinational corporations and differs from other books on the subject by offering the reader a totally global perspective of multinationals. The book paints a compelling and coherent picture of the way these businesses affect almost all areas of our existence.
Leviathans.
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International business enterprises.
Entreprises multinationales.
Mondialisation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Industries-- General.
Economische aspecten.
Globalisierung-- Internationales Unternehmen-- Geschichte.
Globalization-- Economic aspects.
International business enterprises.
Internationale ondernemingen.
Internationales Unternehmen-- Globalisierung-- Geschichte.