Globalization, Multinational Enterprises and Economic Development

Abstract

"This book is based on a workshop which was held at the Strathclyde Graduate Business School in the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, on 15 and 16 May, 1998"--Preface. 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. Globalization, multinational enterprises and economic development / Neil Hood and Stephen Young -- Globalization and the theory of MNE activity / John H. Dunning -- Multinational corporate strategy and organization : an international market perspective / Julian Birkinshaw -- Globalization, corporate strategies and business services / Neil Hood and Ewen Peters -- Globalization and the growth of small and nondominant firms : case evidence from Scotland / Stephen Young, Jonathan Slow and Neil Hood -- Development after industrialization : poor countries in an electronically integrated global economy / Stephen J. Kobrin -- Egypt at a crossroads : MNEs and economic development in a global environment / Peter J. Buckley and Stephen Young -- MNEs, globalization and economic development : the case of Argentina in the 1990s / Daniel Chudnovsky -- Globalization of business and East Asian developing-country multinationals / Hafiz Mirza -- Small- and medium-sized MNCs, industrial clusters and globalization : the Japanese experience / Terutomo Ozawa -- World Trade Organization : global rule-maker? / Thomas L. Brewster and Stephen Young -- Locational tournaments for FDI : inward investment into Europe in a global world / Lynn K. Mystelka -- Globalization of competition and the localization of competitive advantage : policies towards regional clustering / Michael J. Enright -- Plant subsidiary upgrading : some evidence from the electronics industry / Ewen Peters -- Regions, governance and FDI : the case of Wales / Nick Phelps, Kevin Morgan and Crispian Fuller -- Globalization and economic development : overview and conclusions / Stephen Young and Neil Hood.