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  • June 1973 (Revised August 1984)
  • Background Note

Multinational Enterprise

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Chandler, Alfred D., Jr. "Multinational Enterprise." Harvard Business School Background Note 373-369, June 1973. (Revised August 1984.)
  • 2025
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Trade Within Multinational Boundaries

By: Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Fariha Kamal and Zachary Kroff
We leverage newly linked data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis to study transactions within U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs). We show that using administrative data on intrafirm trade allows us to correct for measurement error... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Enterprise; Input-output Linkages; Multinational Firms and Management; Trade; Supply Chain
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Alfaro, Laura, Paola Conconi, Fariha Kamal, and Zachary Kroff. "Trade Within Multinational Boundaries." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-058, May 2025.
  • 2003
  • Chapter

Managing the Multinational Enterprise

By: L. T. Wells Jr. and John M. Stopford
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management
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Wells, L. T., Jr., and John M. Stopford. "Managing the Multinational Enterprise." In International Business, edited by Peter Buckley.The History of Management Thought. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2003. (Originally published as chapter 2 of John M. Stopford and L.T. Wells, Managing the Multinational Enterprise. New York: Basic Books, 1972.)
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Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Responsibility

By: Nien-he Hsieh

Multinational enterprises, especially those operating in developing economies, face wide-ranging demands to help persons whose basic needs are unmet. Pharmaceutical companies, for example, are asked to provide access to life-saving therapies to patients in countries... View Details

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Multinational Enterprises and the Prospects for Justice

By: Debora Spar and David Yoffie
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Spar, Debora, and David Yoffie. "Multinational Enterprises and the Prospects for Justice." Journal of International Affairs 52, no. 2 (Spring 1999): 557–581.
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Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational Companies

By: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy
The globalization of state-owned multinational companies (SOMNCs) has become an important phenomenon in international business (IB), yet it has received scant attention in the literature. We explain how the analysis of SOMNCs can help advance the literature by... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Corporation; State-owned Enterprises; State Capitalism; FDI; Internationalization; Government And Business; National Oil Companies; State Ownership; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Acquisition; Pharmaceutical Industry; Energy Industry; China; India; Europe
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Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio, and Kannan Ramaswamy. "Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational Companies." Special Issue on Governments as Owners: Globalizing State-Owned Enterprises edited by Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy. Journal of International Business Studies 45, no. 8 (October–November 2014): 919–942.
  • 2013
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Multinational Enterprises and Incomplete Institutions: The Demandingness of Minimum Moral Standards

By: Nien-he Hsieh
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) operate across countries that vary widely in their legal, political, and regulatory institutions. One question that arises is whether there are certain minimum standards that ought to guide managers in their decision making... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Decision Making; Standards
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Hsieh, Nien-he. "Multinational Enterprises and Incomplete Institutions: The Demandingness of Minimum Moral Standards." In Business Ethics. 2nd ed. Edited by Michael Boylan, 409–422. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
  • 2011
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Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Responsibility: A Matter of Justice?

By: Nien-he Hsieh
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Lawfulness
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Hsieh, Nien-he. "Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Responsibility: A Matter of Justice?" In Morality and Global Justice: The Reader. 1st ed. Edited by Michael Boylan. Boulder: Westview Press, 2011.
  • 1993
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British Multinational Banking 1830-1990

By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides the first modern history of British multinational banking. It analyses their emergence, growth and performance from their origins in the 1830s until the present day. It is based on a wide range of confidential banking records, which are placed in the... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Information Management; Performance; Great Britain; United Kingdom
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Jones, Geoffrey. British Multinational Banking 1830-1990. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.
  • September 1985
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Note on Safety and Health Practices of Multinational Enterprises (MNES)

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Jaikumar, Ramchandran. "Note on Safety and Health Practices of Multinational Enterprises (MNES)." Harvard Business School Background Note 686-044, September 1985.
  • September 2001
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The International Competitiveness of the UK and its Multinational Enterprises

By: L. Nachum, G. Jones and J. H. Dunning
Keywords: Competition; Business Ventures; United Kingdom
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Nachum, L., G. Jones, and J. H. Dunning. "The International Competitiveness of the UK and its Multinational Enterprises." Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 12, no. 3 (September 2001): 277–294.
  • 1993
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British Multinational Enterprise and British Business History since the Nineteenth Century

By: G. Jones
Keywords: Business Ventures; Globalized Firms and Management; Business History; Great Britain
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Jones, G. "British Multinational Enterprise and British Business History since the Nineteenth Century." Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 38 (1993): 234–260.
  • 2022
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Les multinationales suisses dans l'arène politique (1942–1993) [Swiss Multinationals in the Political Arena (1942–1993)]

By: Sabine Pitteloud
En décembre 2020, les Suisses votaient sur l’initiative populaire « pour des multinationales responsables ». Cet épisode récent a rappelé que la régulation de l’activité des sociétés multinationales fait l’objet de luttes politiques, auxquelles participent les... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Enterprise; Multinational Companies; Multinational Corporations; Lobbying; Business & Government Relations; Labor Relations; Relocation; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Corporate Regulation; Transnational Regulation; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; International Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Switzerland
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Pitteloud, Sabine. Les multinationales suisses dans l'arène politique (1942–1993) [Swiss Multinationals in the Political Arena (1942–1993)]. Genève, Suisse: Librairie Droz, 2022, French ed.
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Government, Business, and Academia: Origins of Raymond Vernon's Understanding of Multinational Enterprise

By: Louis T Wells Jr
Keywords: Government and Politics; Business Ventures; Education; Global Range
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Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Government, Business, and Academia: Origins of Raymond Vernon's Understanding of Multinational Enterprise." Journal of International Management 6, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 279–295.
  • 1980
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Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia

By: Malcolm Gillis, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr. and Ulrich Peterson
Keywords: Taxation; Investment; Policy; Metals and Minerals; Multinational Firms and Management; Indonesia
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Gillis, Malcolm, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr., and Ulrich Peterson. Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia. MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1980. (Wells wrote chapter 20.)
  • December 2002
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Business Enterprises and Global Worlds

By: G. Jones
The role of business enterprise in integrating economies is one of the central historical themes of the last two centuries. Although globalization—both in its current iteration and in its nineteenth-century form—has been widely studied, the role of the firm, as opposed... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizations; Emerging Markets; Behavior; Business Ventures; United States
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Jones, G. "Business Enterprises and Global Worlds." Enterprise & Society 3, no. 4 (December 2002): 581–605.
  • 2021
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Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy

By: C. Fritz Foley, James R. Hines Jr. and David Wessel
Globalization and multinational corporations have long seemed partners in the enterprise of economic growth: globalization-led prosperity was the goal, and giant corporations spanning the globe would help achieve it. In recent years, however, the notion that all... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Globalization; Economy; Economic Growth; Equality and Inequality; Employment; Policy
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Foley, C. Fritz, James R. Hines Jr., and David Wessel, eds. Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy. Brookings Institution Press, 2021.
  • 1976
  • Book

Nine Investments Abroad and Their Impact at Home: Case Studies on Multinational Enterprise and the U.S. Economy

By: Robert B. Stobaugh and Robert H. Hayes
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; International Finance; United States
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Stobaugh, Robert B., and Robert H. Hayes. Nine Investments Abroad and Their Impact at Home: Case Studies on Multinational Enterprise and the U.S. Economy. Boston: Harvard Business School, Division of Research, 1976.
  • 12 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

In a new book on the origins and impacts of globalization, Harvard Business School's Geoffrey Jones focuses on the role played by a vital but often ignored actor in this conversation: business entrepreneurs and the multinational View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical
  • Spring 2014
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Charting Dynamic Trajectories: Multinational Firms in India

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
In this article, we provide a synthesizing framework that we call the "dynamic trajectories" framework to study the evolution of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in host countries over time. We argue that a change in the policy environment in a host country presents an... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Change; India
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Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Charting Dynamic Trajectories: Multinational Firms in India." Special Issue on Business, Networks, and the State in India. Business History Review 88, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 133–169.
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