Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy....Pages 1-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Globalization Myths: Some Historical Reflections on Integration, Industrialization and Growth in the World Economy....Pages 37-68
Globalization and its Limits....Pages 69-94
Multinational Corporations: An Historical Account....Pages 95-133
Transnational Service Corporations in the Process of Globalization....Pages 134-163
Direct Foreign Investment, Transnational Corporations and Growth: Some Empirical Evidence and a North-South Model....Pages 164-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Transnational Corporations and Third World States: From the Old Internationalization to the New....Pages 195-224
Transnational Corporations and Strategic Industrial Policy....Pages 225-243
Transnational Corporations and the Nation State....Pages 244-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
New Trends in Japanese Trade and FDI: Post-Industrial Transformation and Policy Challenges....Pages 279-317
Internationalization of Industrial Firms: Implications for Growth and Industrial Structure in the Nordic Countries....Pages 318-345
Transnational Corporations in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Former Soviet Union: a Return or a New Beginning?....Pages 346-372
International Trade, Outsourcing and Labour: A View from the Developing Countries....Pages 373-400
Mexico’s TNC-centric Industrialization Process....Pages 401-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-437