Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations.

Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations -- Copyright -- Contents -- Overview of the Project -- BACKGROUND AND REVIEW OF THE STUDY PROCESS -- AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT -- Agreement on the Importance of Effective MNC Management -- Agreement on the Correlation Between Business Success and Contributions to Host Countries -- Agreement on the Trend Toward Interdependent Firms and Economies -- Disagreement on the Role of the Policy Environment -- Disagreement Over Whether Convergence in Business Systems and Economic Regulation is Desirable or Necessary -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- Report of the U.S. Working Group -- 1 U.S. Working Group Conclusions, Recommendations, and Executive Summary -- BENEFITS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT -- Recommendations -- EQUAL ACCESS AND NEW RULES OF THE ROAD -- Recommendations -- BEST PRACTICES -- Recommendation -- UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING OUR DIFFERENCES -- Recommendations -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 2 Multinational Corporations and the Changing Global Environment -- OPPORTUNITIES -- CHALLENGES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE U.S.-JAPAN LEADERSHIP FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 3 Foreign Direct Investment and the U.S.-Japan Economic and Technological Relationship -- THE PRE WORLD WAR II PERIOD -- U.S. MNCS IN JAPAN -- JAPANESE MNCS IN THE UNITED STATES -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 4 U.S. and Japanese MNCs and the Shape of Global Competition -- A GLOBAL ECONOMY: WHO'S TURNING TOWARD ASIA? -- GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY: ACCESSING AND UTILIZING TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES WORLDWIDE -- MNC Access to Host Country Technological Capabilities -- The Supplier Base -- Strategic Alliances -- GLOBAL CORPORATIONS: MANAGEMENT VISION AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 5 Defining Rights and Responsibilities -- MNC RIGHTS: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICIES.