ABSTRACT
The book focuses on the major environmental implications stemming from the growth of the multinational enterprise in a multiple currency world; the international transfer of technology; industrial relations and labour utilization in foreign-owned firms in the UK; multinational companies and trade union interests; foreign direct investment, the balance of payments and trade flows; the multinational enterprise and developing countries; government policy alternatives and the problem of international sharing and a case study of a multinational enterprise in Europe. A survey of the background to the multinational enterprise and concluding summaries ensure that this book is one of the most widely embracing volumes available on the subject.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |74 pages
The Multinational Enterprise
part |79 pages
Labour and the Multinational Enterprise
part |51 pages
Trade and the Balance of Payments
part |43 pages
Direct Foreign Investment and the Less-Developed Countries
part |42 pages
Governments and the Multinational Enterprise
part |29 pages
The Multinational Company in Europe
part |26 pages
Summary and Conclusions