ABSTRACT
This book integrates the work of economists, management scientists and business historians. It applies the related concepts of transaction costs, internalisation, corporate strategy and market structure to explain the historical process of corporate growth in the international economy. Each chapter is written by a scholar who has specialized in a particular aspect of the growth of international business.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|56 pages
Changes in the Level and Structure of International Production
The Last One Hundred Years
chapter 8|22 pages
Strategic Factors in the Growth of a Multinational Enterprise
The Burmah Oil Company 1886–1928
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