ABSTRACT

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. Such a strategy will allow multinationals to continue foreign investment with the longer term horizons that will benefit both the firms and their host countries.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

part One|69 pages

The Nature of Intervention

chapter 2|12 pages

The Effects of Intervention

chapter 3|14 pages

The Basis of Intervention

chapter 4|17 pages

Corporate Determinants of Intervention

chapter 5|11 pages

National Determinants of Intervention

chapter 6|11 pages

Corporate Behaviour and Intervention

part Two|56 pages

The Management of Intervention

chapter 7|18 pages

Managing Intervention: The Subsidiary

chapter 10|6 pages

Summary and Conclusions