People passionately disagree about the nature of the globalization process. The failure of both the 1999 and 2003 World Trade Organization's (WTO) ministerial conferences in Seattle and Cancun, respectively, have highlighted the tensions among official, international organizations like the WTO,...

Executive summary -- Overview -- The role of US multinationals in the US economy and the evolution of their domestic operations -- Outward FDI by US multinationals: implications for US jobs, exports, and investment -- Globalization of R&D by US multinationals: implications for US prosperity --...