The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development

JULIAN BIRKINSHAW Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden THOMAS L. BREWER Georgetown University, USA PETER J. BUCKLEY University of Leeds, UK DANIEL CHUDNOVSKY CENIT, Argentina JOHN H.DUNNING Rutgers University, USA CRISPIAN FULLER University of Wales, UK NEIL HOOD University of Strathclyde, UK STEPHEN J. KOBRIN University of Pennsylvania, USA HAFIZ MIRZA University of Bradford, UK KEVIN MORGAN University of Wales, UK LYNN K. MYTELKA UNCTAD, Switzerland TERUTOMO OZAWA Colorado State University, USA EWEN PETER Scottish Enterprise, UK NICK PHELPS University of Wales, UK JONATHAN SLOW Scottish Enterprise, UK STEPHEN YOUNG University of Strathclyde, UK

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.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.