The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Issues and Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Globalization, Multinational Enterprises and Economic Development

      • Neil Hood, Stephen Young

      Pages 3-20

   3. Globalization and the Theory of MNE Activity

      • John H. Dunning

      Pages 21-52

3. The Corporate Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Multinational Corporate Strategy and Organization: An Internal Market Perspective

      • Julian Birkinshaw

      Pages 55-79

   3. Globalization, Corporate Strategies and Business Services

      • Neil Hood, Ewen Peters

      Pages 80-105

   4. Globalization and the Growth of Small and Non-dominant Firms: Case Evidence from Scotland

      • Neil Hood, Stephen Young, Jonathan Slow

      Pages 106-130

4. The Country Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Development after Industrialization: Poor Countries in an Electronically Integrated Global Economy

      • Stephen J. Kobrin

      Pages 133-154

   3. Egypt at a Crossroads: MNEs and Economic Development in a Global Environment

      • Peter J. Buckley, Stephen Young

      Pages 155-179

   4. MNEs, Globalization and Economic Development: The Case of Argentina in the 1990s

      • Daniel Chudnovsky

      Pages 180-201

   5. The Globalization of Business and East Asian Developing-Country Multinationals

      • Hafiz Mirza

      Pages 202-224

   6. Small- and Medium-sized MNCs, Industrial Clusters and Globalization: The Japanese Experience

      • Terutomo Ozawa

      Pages 225-248

5. The Policy Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249

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   2. The World Trade Organization: Global Rule-maker?

      • Thomas L. Brewer, Stephen Young

      Pages 251-277

   3. Locational Tournaments for FDI: Inward Investment into Europe in a Global World

      • Lynn K. Mytelka

      Pages 278-302

   4. The Globalization of Competition and the Localization of Competitive Advantage: Policies towards Regional Clustering

      • Michael J. Enright

      Pages 303-331

   5. Plant Subsidiary Upgrading: Some Evidence from the Electronics Industry

      • Ewen Peters

      Pages 332-365

   6. Regions, Governance and FDI: The Case of Wales

      • Nick Phelps, Kevin Morgan, Crispian Fuller

      Pages 366-389

This book explores and analyzes the effects of the globalization strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on national and local development and highlights the implications of these effects for policy makers. Containing contributions from leading international business scholars, the text addresses this previously little explored but critically important issue for the future of the world economy.

• competition
• East Asia
• economic development
• Global economy
• globalization
• growth
• International Business
• Organisation
• organization
• organizations

• University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

  Neil Hood, Stephen Young

JULIAN BIRKINSHAW Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden THOMAS L. BREWER Georgetown University, USA PETER J. BUCKLEY University of Leeds, UK DANIEL CHUDNOVSKY CENIT, Argentina JOHN H.DUNNING Rutgers University, USA CRISPIAN FULLER University of Wales, UK NEIL HOOD University of Strathclyde, UK STEPHEN J. KOBRIN University of Pennsylvania, USA HAFIZ MIRZA University of Bradford, UK KEVIN MORGAN University of Wales, UK LYNN K. MYTELKA UNCTAD, Switzerland TERUTOMO OZAWA Colorado State University, USA EWEN PETER Scottish Enterprise, UK NICK PHELPS University of Wales, UK JONATHAN SLOW Scottish Enterprise, UK STEPHEN YOUNG University of Strathclyde, UK.

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