of the global network of multinational business groups over time and investigates the development of core components of …’ development paths within the global network of multinational companies and sheds new light on MNE's expansion paths. …

1. Globalized localities : introduction -- 2. Regions in the "world economic triangle" -- 3. Making sense of global … upgrading in global and national value chains -- 6. How globalization affects Italian industrial districts : the case of Brenta … global economy. The authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Latin …

understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships …

Jamie K. McCallum tells the story of SEIU's successful and aggressive campaign to organize G4S, a global security …Global Unions, Local Power -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Forging the … New Labor Transnationalism: Governance Struggles and Worker Power -- 2. The Globalization of the Organizing Model -- 3 …

-- Chapter 1 How Much Has Corporate Governance Achieved So Far? What Benefits Can Be Demonstrated? -- Chapter 2 The Global … and Civil Society -- Appendix 2: Seven Point Reform Plan to Restore Trust in Business and in the Global Financial System …