International institutions and multinational enterprises global players, global markets
This book provides rigorous analysis of the wide range of questions surrounding the role of international institutions in governing global business, especially multinational enterprises (MNEs). The analysis, both theoretical and empirical, focuses on the corporate governance of MNEs and to what exte...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
Edward Elgar Pub
c2004
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Series: | International institutions and global governance
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Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This book provides rigorous analysis of the wide range of questions surrounding the role of international institutions in governing global business, especially multinational enterprises (MNEs). The analysis, both theoretical and empirical, focuses on the corporate governance of MNEs and to what extent their management takes into account the negative effects of their activities. Also discussed are: how nation states and international institutions control the activities of MNEs, and how the role and strategies of international institutions can be changed to minimise any negative effects without hampering the positive aspects and effects of MNEs 1. International institutions and corporate governance -- 2. Global capitalism : the moral challenge -- 3. Corporate governance in multinational companies -- 4. The international competition network as an international merger control institution -- 5. Do multinational enterprises pay less taxes -- 6. Multinational enterprises -- 7. Foreign direct investment and wages -- 8. Coordination failures and the role of foreign direct investment in least developed countries -- 9. Market entry strategies of multinational firms in local and regional markets and their consequences for regional development -- 10. Institutional and policy variety, the role of IFIs and economic development -- 11. International institutions and financial market stability |
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Physical Description: | x, 226 p ill |
ISBN: | 1843768755 9781845421670 9781843768753 |