Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction: Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy

   1. Introduction: Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy

      • Richard Kozul-Wright, Robert Rowthorn

      Pages 1-34

3. Globalization in Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. Globalization Myths: Some Historical Reflections on Integration, Industrialization and Growth in the World Economy

      • Paul Bairoch, Richard Kozul-Wright

      Pages 37-68

   3. Globalization and its Limits

      • William S. Milberg

      Pages 69-94

   4. Multinational Corporations: An Historical Account

      • Mira Wilkins

      Pages 95-133

   5. Transnational Service Corporations in the Process of Globalization

      • Pascal Petit

      Pages 134-163

   6. Direct Foreign Investment, Transnational Corporations and Growth: Some Empirical Evidence and a North-South Model

      • Amitava Krishna Dutt

      Pages 164-191

4. Transnational Corporations, the State and Economic Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Transnational Corporations and Third World States: From the Old Internationalization to the New

      • Peter Evans

      Pages 195-224

   3. Transnational Corporations and Strategic Industrial Policy

      • Ha-Joon Chang

      Pages 225-243

   4. Transnational Corporations and the Nation State

      • Mica Panić

      Pages 244-276

5. Lessons from Recent Experience

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277

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   2. New Trends in Japanese Trade and FDI: Post-Industrial Transformation and Policy Challenges

      • Yilmaz Akyüz

      Pages 279-317

   3. Internationalization of Industrial Firms: Implications for Growth and Industrial Structure in the Nordic Countries

      • Pontus Braunerhjelm, Per Heum, Pekka Ylä-Anttila

      Pages 318-345

   4. Transnational Corporations in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Former Soviet Union: a Return or a New Beginning?

      • Mihály Simai

      Pages 346-372

   5. International Trade, Outsourcing and Labour: A View from the Developing Countries

      • Edward J. Amadeo

      Pages 373-400

   6. Mexico’s TNC-centric Industrialization Process

      • Michael Mortimore

      Pages 401-430

6. Back Matter

   Pages 431-437

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This book brings together papers written by representatives from UN agencies and academics who take a fresh look at the expanding role of transnational corporations and foreign direct investment in the world economy. These papers deal with such issues as the nature and extent of globalisation, the shifting relations between transnational corporations and national economies, and the opportunities and obstacles facing policy makers in the rapidly changing global economy.

• Developing Countries
• development
• Eastern Europe
• Economic Development
• foreign direct investment
• Global economy
• globalization
• international trade
• internationalization

'This is a timely volume, the contents of which offer a welcome and thought provoking perspective on the interaction between the globalising economy and transnational (or multinational) corporations...well researched and incisively written. I enjoyed, and benefited from, the book immensely...This is a volume which covers a lot of ground and deserves to be widely read. It pinpoints a whole set of important issues which are likely to confront politicians, academic scholars and business leaders over the next half century or more.' - John H. Dunning, The Journal of Development Studies

• UN Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, Switzerland

  Richard Kozul-Wright

• University of Cambridge, UK

  Robert Rowthorn

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