"Transnational corporations are one of the most important actors in the global economy, occupying a more powerful position than ever before. In their persistent battle to maximize profits, they have increasingly turned to the developing world, a world that holds many attractions for them. But...

Introduction / Alfred Chandler and Bruce Mazlish -- The Scope of the Multinational Phenomenon -- A primer on multinational corporations / Brian Roach -- Multinational enterprise to 1930: discontinuities and continuities / Mira Wilkins -- Multinationals from the 1930s to the 1980s / Geoffrey...