This examination of multinational location strategy focuses on the areas of economics, management and policy. It discusses issues such as regionalism and international trade; location patterns, local content rules and foreign direct investment; and, plant location in Eastern European countries

This handbook synthesises some literature of the last 40 years in 28 chapters. The coverage is split into the following areas the history and theory of the multinational enterprise; the political and policy environment of international business.

This important book - written by leading scholars in international business - critically reviews the activities of European and Pacific international firms. Transformations of markets and national economic systems associated with the activities of these corporations are posing many issues of...

1 Introduction -- I Theory of the Multinational Enterprise -- 2 The Theory of Foreign Investment -- 3 Towards a Theory of the Multinational Enterprise -- 4 A Theory of the Multinational Enterprise in a Canadian Context -- II Performance of Multinationals in Canada -- 5 An Empirical Analysis of...

In this, his final book, Gavin Boyd has brought together a distinguished group of experts on the nature and extent of transatlantic policy coordination and its implication for corporate strategy. This remarkably relevant set of papers offers a discussion on the economic and financial linkage...