| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Alfred Chandler and Bruce Mazlish -- The Scope of the Multinational Phenomenon -- A primer on multinational corporations / Brian Roach -- Multinational enterprise to 1930: discontinuities and continuities / Mira Wilkins -- Multinationals from the 1930s to the 1980s / Geoffrey Jones -- Innovative multinational forms: Japan as a case study / Sei Yonekura and Sara McKinney -- Cultural and Social Implications of Multinationals -- The social impacts of multinational corporations: an outline of the issues, with a focus on workers / Neva R. Goodwin -- A global elite? / Bruce Mazlish and Elliott Morss -- The Governance of Multinationals -- Governing the multinational enterprise: emergence of the global shareowner / Robert A.G. Monks -- The financial revolutions of the twentieth century / Zhu Jia-Ming and Elliott R. Morss -- Multinational corporations, the protest movement, and the future of global governance / Stephen J. Kobrin -- Conclusion / Bruce Mazlish. |
| Summary |
Leviathans is a ground-breaking exploration of multinational corporations and differs from other books on the subject by offering the reader a totally global perspective of multinationals. The book paints a compelling and coherent picture of the way these businesses affect almost all areas of our existence. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
International business enterprises.
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International business enterprises. |
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007.
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Mazlish, Bruce, 1923-2016.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leviathans. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge, 2005 0521840619 0521549930 (DLC) 2004048881 (OCoLC)55886328 |
| ISBN |
0511109830 (electronic book) |
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9780511109836 (electronic book) |
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0511109520 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511109522 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511121806 (electronic book) |
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9780511121807 (electronic book) |
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9780511512025 (electronic book) |
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0511512023 (electronic book) |
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1280163496 |
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9781280163494 |
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0521840619 (Cloth) |
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0521549930 (Paper) |
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9780521840613 |
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9780521549936 |
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