This article reports on the findings of field interviews with officials of MNCs, unions, and the U.S. government. The findings delineate perceptual gaps among the three groups that, in particular, thwart any meaningful union/MNC and union/government dialogues.© 1976 JIBS. Journal of...

Over the past two decades or so, countries have liberalized their FDI regulatory frameworks and have put in place an international investment law regime that provides various protections for international investors. In the past few years, however, there are signs that countries are reevaluating...

This insightful book shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) from emerging markets has grown from negligible amounts in the early 1980s to $210 billion in 2007, with the stock of investment now being well over $1 trillion. This reflects the rise of firms from these economies to become...