--with trade theory? -- 12. Towards a general paradigm of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment -- 13. Globalization and … the theory of MNE activity -- 14. The eclectic paradigm as an envelope for economic and business theories of MNE activity … -- 15. The challenge of electronic markets for international business theory -- 16. Relational assets, networks and …

1. International business in a changing world environment -- 2. Whither global capitalism? -- 3. Some paradoxes of the … emerging global economy : the multinational solution -- 4. Globalization, economic restructuring and development -- 5. Regions …, globalization and the knowledge-based economy : the issues stated -- 6. Location and the multinational enterprise : a neglected …

The activities of multinational enterprises drive the economic globalization process to a very large degree. This paper … lists some facts about their dominant role in all channels of globalization. Therefore, the importance of multinational … transfer of knowledge and technology and to foreign trade. It is argued that economic theory must account for multinationals …