Transformations in Global Governance: Implications for Multinationals And Other Stakeholders (New Horizons in International Business)

Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 9
Tables......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 17
1. Introduction......Page 19
2. The globalization of competition policy......Page 40
3. Does the WTO matter?......Page 67
4. Multilateral institutions and market-oriented reform: have they changed the nature of MNC–government relations?......Page 91
5. Business strategy in a changing nonmarket environment......Page 114
6. Governance and the stakeholder corporation: new challenges for global business......Page 138
7. Multinationals in global governance......Page 164
8. Managing the interdependence between multinationals and developing countries......Page 186
9. Globalization and the development of competing standards for corporate conduct......Page 205
10. Global governance, social responsibility and corporate–NGO collaboration......Page 227
11. Legitimating global governance: multinational corporations and the G8’s multi-stakeholder approach......Page 243
12. The competitiveness of local manufacturing firms of small, less-developed countries in an increasingly liberalized trading environment: the case of Jamaica......Page 256
13. Home country governance quality and the ‘bonding’ hypothesis: evidence from industrialized, emerging-market and less-developed countries......Page 282
Index......Page 317