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Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis

Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis

Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis

3rd Edition
Richard E. Caves, Harvard University, Massachusetts
July 2007
Available
Hardback
9780521860130

    The third edition of this highly accessible book is designed for people who want to understand how multinational firms “work” and what their consequences for the economy and for political choices are. It is designed to be readily useful to students of economics and business administration and to scholars (teachers and researchers) with interests in multinational enterprises.

    • Written by the dean of American business economists, co-author of a leading text on international economics
    • Third edition stresses new concepts of 'modal choice' (how multinationals organize their business), locational analysis, government openness to business
    • Can be used by MBAs students in business economics courses as well as undergraduates

    Product details

    July 2007
    Hardback
    9780521860130
    402 pages
    234 × 157 × 25 mm
    0.66kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. The multinational enterprise as an economic organization
    • 2. The MNE and models of international economic activity
    • 3. Organization and growth of the MNE
    • 4. Patterns of market competition
    • 5. Income distribution and labor relations
    • 6. Investment behavior and financial flows
    • 7. Technology and productivity
    • 8. Taxation, MNEs' behavior, and economic welfare
    • 9. Multinationals in developing countries and economies in transition
    • 10. Public policy.
      Author
    • Richard E. Caves , Harvard University, Massachusetts

      Richard E. Caves is Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is the author of many articles on multinational enterprise and other topics in the fields of international economics and industrial organization. He is the co-author of a leading textbook on international economics, World Trade and Payments. His most recent books deal with the arts and entertainment industries, Creative Industries: Contracts between Art and Commerce and Switching Channels: Organization and Change in TV Broadcasting.