This volume investigates the specific role of transnational corporations in the process of globalisation and economic development. While it draws on a long history of academic research, it also shows new ways forward. It makes headway both in conceptual as well as empirical terms. Topics covered include locational clustering, research and development partnering, productivity spillovers, privatisation, disinvestment, terrorism, and the role of and impact on transnational corporations. A future research agenda is also put forward.
Secondly, the book honours Emeritus Professor Daniel Van Den Bulcke. It recognises his outstanding academic work on transnational corporations, their significance for host countries, international organisations, and their role in development. His career reflects both the changing interest in international business issues over a period of almost forty years and the forward looking perspective that is built on sound academic research.
'This edited volume...is a welcome contribution (from a neutral point of view) to the literature on the impact of TNCs on economic development...the books is a clearly written contribution that fits in the work of Daniel van den Bulcke and is an informative book.' - Cees van Beers - Development and Change
Transnational Corporations and Economic Development: An Introduction; L.Cuyvers & F.De Beule
The United Nations and Transnational Corporations: A Personal Assessment; J.H.Dunning
Disinvestment by Foreign-Owned Firms: Fact in Search of Framework; V.C.Simões
The Rationales for Comprehensive Approaches to Corporate ProfitsTaxation in the European Union; S.Plasschaert
Managerial Responses to Borderless Risk; A.Verbeke & J.R.Dewald
TNCS, Locational Clustering and the Processs of Economic Development; J.Cantwell & K.Glac
The Role of Developing Countries and Emerging Economies in International Inter-Firm R&D Partnering; D.Cloodt & J.Hagedoorn
Tigers, Pussycats and Flying Geese: The Faunal Characteristics of Economic Growth in (South-)East Asia; L.Cuyvers & M.Dumont
Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on the Agglomeration of China's Electronics Industry; H.Zhang
FDI Productivity Spillovers in the Andean Region: Econometric Evidence from Columbian Firm-Level Panel Data; P.De Lombaerde & E.B.Pedraza Guevara
The Multinationalization of Privatized Firms: The Case of the Main Spanish Multinationals in Latin America; J.J.Durán
The Research Agenda in International Business: Past, Present and Future; P.J.Buckley & F.De Beule
LUDO CUYVERS is Professor in International Economics at the University of Antwerp. He is Chairman of the Department of International Economics, International Management and Diplomacy at the Faculty of Applied Economics and Director of the Centre on ASEAN Studies at the University of Antwerp, and President of the European Institute for Asian Studies. His research interests are in the field of development strategies of Southeast and East Asian countries and on international trade policy issues.
FILIP DE BEULE is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Development Policy and Management at the University of Antwerp. He teaches course on international corporate strategy, transnational corporations and economic development. His research focuses on the crossroads of international business and development economics.
Description
This volume investigates the specific role of transnational corporations in the process of globalisation and economic development. While it draws on a long history of academic research, it also shows new ways forward. It makes headway both in conceptual as well as empirical terms. Topics covered include locational clustering, research and development partnering, productivity spillovers, privatisation, disinvestment, terrorism, and the role of and impact on transnational corporations. A future research agenda is also put forward.
Secondly, the book honours Emeritus Professor Daniel Van Den Bulcke. It recognises his outstanding academic work on transnational corporations, their significance for host countries, international organisations, and their role in development. His career reflects both the changing interest in international business issues over a period of almost forty years and the forward looking perspective that is built on sound academic research.
Reviews
'This edited volume...is a welcome contribution (from a neutral point of view) to the literature on the impact of TNCs on economic development...the books is a clearly written contribution that fits in the work of Daniel van den Bulcke and is an informative book.' - Cees van Beers - Development and Change
Contents
Transnational Corporations and Economic Development: An Introduction; L.Cuyvers & F.De Beule
The United Nations and Transnational Corporations: A Personal Assessment; J.H.Dunning
Disinvestment by Foreign-Owned Firms: Fact in Search of Framework; V.C.Simões
The Rationales for Comprehensive Approaches to Corporate ProfitsTaxation in the European Union; S.Plasschaert
Managerial Responses to Borderless Risk; A.Verbeke & J.R.Dewald
TNCS, Locational Clustering and the Processs of Economic Development; J.Cantwell & K.Glac
The Role of Developing Countries and Emerging Economies in International Inter-Firm R&D Partnering; D.Cloodt & J.Hagedoorn
Tigers, Pussycats and Flying Geese: The Faunal Characteristics of Economic Growth in (South-)East Asia; L.Cuyvers & M.Dumont
Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on the Agglomeration of China's Electronics Industry; H.Zhang
FDI Productivity Spillovers in the Andean Region: Econometric Evidence from Columbian Firm-Level Panel Data; P.De Lombaerde & E.B.Pedraza Guevara
The Multinationalization of Privatized Firms: The Case of the Main Spanish Multinationals in Latin America; J.J.Durán
The Research Agenda in International Business: Past, Present and Future; P.J.Buckley & F.De Beule
Authors
LUDO CUYVERS is Professor in International Economics at the University of Antwerp. He is Chairman of the Department of International Economics, International Management and Diplomacy at the Faculty of Applied Economics and Director of the Centre on ASEAN Studies at the University of Antwerp, and President of the European Institute for Asian Studies. His research interests are in the field of development strategies of Southeast and East Asian countries and on international trade policy issues.
FILIP DE BEULE is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Development Policy and Management at the University of Antwerp. He teaches course on international corporate strategy, transnational corporations and economic development. His research focuses on the crossroads of international business and development economics.
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