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- October 2015
- Article
The Multinational Firm and Geopolitics: Europe, Russian Energy, and Power
By: Rawi Abdelal
Multinational firms unavoidably exert influence over politics through power that is generated by both structure and process. While both political economy and management scholars address international firms, neither field has an adequate understanding of the reciprocal... View Details
Abdelal, Rawi. "The Multinational Firm and Geopolitics: Europe, Russian Energy, and Power." Business and Politics 17, no. 3 (October 2015): 553–576.
- January 1994
- Article
Foreign Multinationals in British Manufacturing, 1850-1962
By: G. Jones and Frances Bostock
This article draws on a new database to describe the dimensions and characteristics of 685 foreign companies which established British manufacturing subsidiaries between 1850 and 1962. The numbers of foreign companies grew from the 1890s, expanded rapidly in the... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Expansion; Chemicals; Metals and Minerals; Food; Mergers and Acquisitions; Market Entry and Exit; Research and Development; Trade; Investment; Production; United Kingdom; United States; Scotland; Wales
Jones, G., and Frances Bostock. "Foreign Multinationals in British Manufacturing, 1850-1962." Business History 36, no. 1 (January 1994): 89–126.
- August 1983
- Case
CIBA-GEIGY Pharmaceuticals Division: Multinational Strategic Planning
Buzzell, Robert D. "CIBA-GEIGY Pharmaceuticals Division: Multinational Strategic Planning." Harvard Business School Case 584-018, August 1983.
- 11 May 2011
- News
Multinational manufacturers: Moving back to America
- Research Summary
Multinationals and Linkages: an Empirical Investigation (joint with Andres Rodriguez-Clare)
By: Laura Alfaro
Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from... View Details
- 1992
- Article
Public Policy and British Multinational Banks 1914-1982
By: G. Jones
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Banks and Banking; United Kingdom
Jones, G. "Public Policy and British Multinational Banks 1914-1982." Business and Economic History 21 (1992): 209–218.
- November 2008
- Journal Article
Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin Forbes
This paper examines how financial constraints and product market exposures determine the response of multinational and local firms to sharp depreciations. U.S. multinational affiliates increase sales, assets, and investment significantly more than local firms during,... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Currency; Private Equity; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; United States
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin Forbes. "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises." Review of Financial Studies 21, no. 6 (November 2008).
- 1988
- Article
Foreign Multinational Investment in Britain before 1945
By: G. Jones
Jones, G. "Foreign Multinational Investment in Britain before 1945." Economic History Review 41 (1988): 429–453.
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Organizing Multinational Companies: Building a Collaborative Advantage
By: Morten T. Hansen and Nitin Nohria
- 16 Jul 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie X. Chen
- Article
Multinational Enterprises and the Prospects for Justice
By: Debora Spar and David Yoffie
Spar, Debora, and David Yoffie. "Multinational Enterprises and the Prospects for Justice." Journal of International Affairs 52, no. 2 (Spring 1999): 557–581.
- May 1987
- Background Note
Note on Organizing and Controlling Multinational Operations
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Note on Organizing and Controlling Multinational Operations." Harvard Business School Background Note 587-176, May 1987.
- August 2003 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations
By: Geoffrey Jones and Cate Reavis
Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates about divestment from and sanctions against South Africa from the 1950s. Includes case studies of companies that... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations; Prejudice and Bias; South Africa
Jones, Geoffrey, and Cate Reavis. "Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations." Harvard Business School Case 804-027, August 2003. (Revised January 2013.)
- 2016
- Other Article
Multinational Firms, Value Chains, and Vertical Integration
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. "Multinational Firms, Value Chains, and Vertical Integration." NBER Reporter, no. 3 (2016). (Research Summary.)
- 1994
- Chapter
British Multinational Banking in Asia before 1960
By: G. Jones
- 2015
- Working Paper
Multinational Activity and Information and Communication Technology
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen. "Multinational Activity and Information and Communication Technology." Working Paper, May 2015. (Background note prepared for the 2016 World Development Report: Internet for Development.)
- 2010
- Article
Multinationals Make Money in the Third World
By: Louis T. Wells
Keywords: Business Ventures
Wells, Louis T. "Multinationals Make Money in the Third World." AIB Insights 10, no. 1 (2010): 12–15.