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- 1997
- Book
The Differentiated Network: Organizations Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporations
By: N. Nohria and S. Ghoshal
Nohria, N., and S. Ghoshal. The Differentiated Network: Organizations Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.
- 2001
- Book
Foreign Multinationals in the United States: Management and Performance
By: Geoffrey Jones and Lina Galvez-Munoz
In this volume, leading scholars in international business and business history examine the investments and performance of British, Canadian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese firms in the United States over time. They explore why so many foreign firms experience... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Books; Management; Performance; Perspective; United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Lina Galvez-Munoz, eds. Foreign Multinationals in the United States: Management and Performance. London: Routledge, 2001.
- March 2007
- Teaching Note
Lamoiyan Corporation of the Philippines: Challenging Multinational Giants (TN)
By: Peter J. Coughlan, Jordan I. Siegel and John R. Wells
Teaching note to 704405. View Details
- January 2009
- Article
Multinationals as Arbitrageurs? The Effect of Stock Market Valuations on Foreign Direct Investment
By: Malcolm Baker, C. Fritz Foley and Jeffrey Wurgler
Empirical evidence of imperfect integration across world capital markets suggests a role for cross-border arbitrage by multinationals. Consistent with multinational arbitrage as a determinant of foreign direct investment (FDI) patterns, we find that FDI flows increase... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Financial Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Valuation; Capital Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Cost; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital; Stocks; Integration
Baker, Malcolm, C. Fritz Foley, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Multinationals as Arbitrageurs? The Effect of Stock Market Valuations on Foreign Direct Investment." Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 1 (January 2009): 337–369.
- 20 Mar 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Countering Political Risk in Colonial India: German Multinationals and the Challenge of Internment (1914–1947)
- February 2009
- Journal Article
Domestic Effects of the Foreign Activities of U.S. Multinationals
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Do firms investing abroad simultaneously reduce their domestic activity? This paper analyzes the relationship between the domestic and foreign operations of American manufacturing firms between 1982 and 2004 by instrumenting for changes in foreign operations with GDP... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Range; Local Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Compensation and Benefits; Operations; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Domestic Effects of the Foreign Activities of U.S. Multinationals." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 1, no. 1 (February 2009): 181–203.
- 1973
- Book
Money in the Multinational Enterprise: A Study in Financial Policy
By: Sidney M. Robbins and Robert B. Stobaugh
Robbins, Sidney M., and Robert B. Stobaugh. Money in the Multinational Enterprise: A Study in Financial Policy. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
- 1974
- Book
The Acquisition of Technology from Multinational Corporations by Developing Countries
By: Walter A. Chudson and L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies
Chudson, Walter A., and L. T. Wells Jr. The Acquisition of Technology from Multinational Corporations by Developing Countries. Series ST/ESA/12. New York: United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, 1974. (Sales No. E.74.II.A.7.)
- Article
Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations
By: P. Rosenzweig and N. Nohria
Rosenzweig, P., and N. Nohria. "Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations." Journal of International Business Studies 25, no. 2 (Second Quarter 1994): 229–252.
- Article
Multinational Corporations: A Key to Global Poverty Reduction—Part II
By: George C. Lodge and Craig Wilson
- Article
Multinational Corporations: A Key to Global Poverty Reduction—Part I
By: George C. Lodge and Craig Wilson
- 12 Dec 2013
- News
Mexico’s Pride, Its Oil, May Reopen to Big Multinationals
- February 2012
- Article
A 'Core Periphery' Framework to Navigate Emerging Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, James Geraghty and Tarun Khanna
We build on the emerging literature of influence-based models to study how multinational firms can navigate host governments. Our "core-periphery" framework posits that the actions that an MNC takes with actors in what we call the "periphery"—comprised of state,... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Framework; Biotechnology Industry; Massachusetts; Brazil; China; Costa Rica; France; India
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, James Geraghty, and Tarun Khanna. "A 'Core Periphery' Framework to Navigate Emerging Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational." Global Strategy Journal 2, no. 1 (February 2012): 71–87.
- 2006
- Article
Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: Coordinating Duties of Rescue and Justice
By: Nien-he Hsieh
This paper examines the extent to which the voluntary adoption of codes of conduct by multinational corporations (MNCs) renders MNCs accountable for the performance of actions specified in a code of conduct. In particular, the paper examines the ways in which codes of... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: Coordinating Duties of Rescue and Justice." Business Ethics Quarterly 16, no. 2 (April 2006): 119–135.
- Research Summary
Investment and marketing strategies of American multinationals in Argentina (1890c-1939)
Andrea Lluch is undertaking a major research project on American business expansion in Argentina up to the beginning of World War II. The first part of the project focuses on the American companies investment strategies. The second part analyses of the evolution of... View Details
- 2004
- Working Paper
The Comovement of Returns and Investment Within the Multinational Firm
By: Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley
Desai, Mihir A., and C. Fritz Foley. "The Comovement of Returns and Investment Within the Multinational Firm." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 10785, September 2004.
- 2018
- Working Paper
Countering Political Risk in Colonial India: German Multinationals and the Challenge of Internment (1914-1947)
By: Christina Lubinski, Valeria Giacomin and Klara Schnitzer
Internment in so-called “enemy countries” was a frequent occurrence in the 20th century and created significant obstacles for multinational enterprises (MNEs). This article focuses on German MNEs in India and shows how they addressed the formidable challenge of the... View Details
Lubinski, Christina, Valeria Giacomin, and Klara Schnitzer. "Countering Political Risk in Colonial India: German Multinationals and the Challenge of Internment (1914-1947)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-090, March 2018.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Social Divide
By: Jordan I. Siegel, Lynn Pyun and B.Y. Cheon
The organizational theory of the multinational firm holds that foreignness is a liability, and specifically that lack of embeddedness in host-country social networks is a source of competitive disadvantage; meanwhile the literature on labor market discrimination... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Human Capital; Selection and Staffing; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Markets; Profit; Gender; South Korea
Siegel, Jordan I., Lynn Pyun, and B.Y. Cheon. "Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Social Divide." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-011, August 2010. (Revised February 2014.)
- 2022
- Working Paper
Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This working paper investigates unintended consequences of U.S. FDI in Switzerland in the 1950s-1960s: the increased competition that U.S. firms generated within the national labor market and the challenge their hiring practices constituted for the institutional... View Details
Keywords: Multinationals; Capitalism; Business ＆ Government Relations; Foreign Direct Investment; Immigration Policy; History; Switzerland; Americanization; R＆D; Labor History; Labor Market Institutions; Tax Havens; ＂USA,＂; Business Interest Association; Lobbying; Labor and Management Relations; Business History; Multinational Firms and Management
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-075, June 2022.