Euro-Pacific investment and trade : strategies and structural interdependencies

Author(s)

• Boyd, Gavin
• Rugman, Alan M.
• Halifax Euro-Pacific Investment and Trade Conference

Bibliographic Information

Euro-Pacific investment and trade : strategies and structural interdependencies

edited by Gavin Boyd and Alan M. Rugman

（New horizons in international business）

Edward Elgar, c1997

Note

"This book contains many of the papers that were presented at the Halifax Euro-Pacific Investment and Trade Conference in May 1995"--Foreword

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This important book - written by leading scholars in international business - critically reviews the activities of European and Pacific international firms. Transformations of markets and national economic systems associated with the activities of these corporations are posing many issues of adjustment and development, and are affecting decisions on long term investments in industrial capacity.The book provides a useful framework and source of reference for policy makers in government, international agencies and the private sector to address the challenges and opportunities that arise from corporate, regional and financial integration of the world economy.

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword (J.C. Dodds) Preface 1. Reconfiguring the Boundaries of International Business Activity (J.H. Dunning) 2. Strategic Foreign Direct Investment (P.J. Buckley) 3. Strategies of Multinational Enterprises and Governments: The Theory of the Flagshiagliettap Firm (A.M. Rugman, J.R. D'Cruz) 4. Structural Transformations: Information Systems and Organizational Networks (M. Blaine, E.M. Roche) 5. Corporate Culture in Europe, Asia and North America (M. Casson, R. Loveridge, S. Singh) 6. Regional Economic Cooperation: EU, NAFTA and APEC (G. Boyd) 7. Regional Integration in Europe (P.M. Crowley) 8. The Economic Effects of an East Asian Trading Bloc (D.K. Brown, A.V. Deardorff, R.M. Stern) 9. Cross Border Capital Flows, Corporate Governance and Developing Financial Systems in the Asia-Pacific Region (J.C. Dodds) 10. Designing Institutions for Global Economic Cooperation: Investment and the WTO (G.R. Winham, H.A. Grant) 11. Political Entrepreneurship for Collective Management (G. Boyd) Index

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Details

• NCID: BA29339082
• ISBN:
  • 1858983681
• LCCN: 96023172
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham, UK ; Brookfield, Vt., US
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 302 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HG4538
  • DC20 : 332.6/73/099
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Investments, Foreign -- Congresses
  • LCSH : International trade -- Congresses
  • LCSH : International business enterprises -- Managment -- Congresses
  • LCSH : International economic integration -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Europe -- Commerce -- Pacific Area -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Pacific Area -- Commerce -- Europe -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA13869702