Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy

Abstract

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: TNCs and the Global Economy R.Kozul-Wright & R.Rowthorn - PART 1: GLOBALISATION IN PERSPECTIVE - Globalisation Myths: Some Historical Reflections on Integration, Industrialisation and Growth in the World Economy R.Kozul-Wright & P.Bairoch - The Limits of Globalisation W.Milberg - Multinational Corporations: An Historical Analysis M.Wilkins - Transnational Service Corporations in the Process of Globalisation P.Petit - Direct Foreign Investment, Transnational Corporations and Growth: Some Empirical Evidence and a North-South Model A.Dutt PART 2: TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, THE STATE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - TNCs and Third World States: From the Old Internationalisation to the New P.Evans - TNCs and Industrial Strategy H-J.Chang - TNCs and the Nation State M.Panic - PART 3: LESSONS FROM RECENT EXPERIENCE - New Trends in Japanese Trade and FDI: Post-Industrial Transformation and Policy Challenges Y.Akyuz - Internationalization of Industrial Firms: Implications for Domestic Growth and Industrial Structure in Small Open Economies P.Braunehjelm & P.Yla-Antilla - Transnational Corporations in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Former Soviet Union: A Return or a New Beginning? M.Simai - International Trade, Outsourcing and Labour: A View from the Developing Countries E.Amadeo - TNCs and Industrial Restructuring: The Case of the Mexican Automobile Industry: M.Mortimer - Index