State-owned enterprises are growing in relative importance both within various national economies and in international economic relations. Some facts concerning the practices of such enterprises and the consequences of their operations can be asserted with confidence. However, some major...

I have an uneasy feeling that, in responding to the invitation of JIBS' editors to recount how I stumbled into the field of international business, I am providing very sparse fare for many of JIBS' readers, particularly for those who want to gain hints of what it takes to make a success in the...

This paper was written by Raymond Vernon for the conference, “Mapping the Multinationals,” organized by Bruce Mazlish and Alfred Chandler in October 1999. Professor Vernon died on August 26, 1999, at the age of 85, before the paper was finished and presented. It was the last paper he wrote....