Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy

by John H. Dunning, Sarianna M. Lundan

This thoroughly updated and revised edition of a widely acclaimed, classic text will be required reading for academics, policymakers and advanced students of international business worldwide. Employing a distinctive and unified framework, this book draws together research across a range of academic fields to offer a synthesis of the determinants of MNE activity, and its effects on the economic and social well-being of developed and developing countries. Unique to the new edition is its focus on the institutional underpinnings of the resources and capabilities of MNEs, and the role of MNE activity in transmitting and facilitating institutional change. Since the initial publication of this book more than a decade ago, the economic, managerial and social implications of globalisation and technological advancement have become even more varied and prominent. Accompanying these developments, there has been a rise in scholarly interest in interdisciplinary research addressing the important challenges of an ever-changing physical and human environment. Drawing on articles and books from international business and economics, as well as economic geography, political economy and strategic management, a systematic overview of the developments in scholarly thinking is presented, while also highlighting the emerging topical issues and methodologies.

Genres: Economics

960 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

John Harry Dunning

Reviews

[Daniel Gusev · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hugely important academic book about numerous characteristics of the multinational business domain - its roots and history and most recent performance during capital scaling and globalisation phase.

As the markets are reassembling while under pressure of several trends - retracing the rules and the lessons of previous cycles is educative at the very least.

[Rupanwita · Rating 4 out of 5]

exhaustive and exhausting!