1st Edition

Multinationals and Economic Development (RLE International Business) An Integration of Competing Theories

By James C. W. Ahiakpor Copyright 2013
120 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

What are the options open to policy-makers in developing countries when dealing with multinationals? How can they maximize the contribution of multinational enterprises towards their economic growth? Multinationals dominate world trade and direct investment. However, less developed countries have often regarded this power as detrimental to their fragile, growing economies and have pursued a... Read more

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. The Multinational Corporation: A Type of Firm 3. The Firm in Economic Development 4. Technology of MNCs and Economic Development 5. Multinational Corporations, LDC Exports and Development 6. Multinationals and Efficiency in Resource Utilization 7. Summary and Conclusions. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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