Description
This work is a valuable addition to the literature and will be of tremendous service to graduate students, scholars, and policy makers interested in multinational enterprises and foreign direct investment. -- Gordon Hanson, University of California, San Diego This fine book contributes substantially to the large and rapidly growing literature on multinational corporations. It goes beyond other recent work in providing a much broader review of the theory, empirical aspects, and the impact on home and host nations. Its integration of theory and evidence is particularly nice; and its discussion of policy is also very welcome, since this is often overlooked in the serious literature. -- Richard E. Baldwin, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, coauthor of "Economic Geography and Public Policy", managing editor of the journal "Economic Policy" This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the economics of multinational enterprises. It thoroughly assesses what they are, why they exist, and what their economic impact on home and host countries is. It is a well-rounded analysis. Representing a rare attempt to bring together several important strands in the literature on the economics of multinationals, combining theory and rigorous econometric work, it will be of wide interest not only to researchers of these issues but also to students, policy makers, and interested general readers. -- Holger Gorg, University of Nottingham
About the Author
Giorgio Barba Navaretti is Professor of International Economics at the University of Milan and Scientific Director of the Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano. He has coauthored and coedited a number of books, most recently "Labour Markets, Poverty, and Development" (Oxford University Press, 1999). Anthony J. Venables is Chief Economist, Department for International Development, London, Professor of International Economics, at the London School of Economics and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He is the coauthor (with Masahisa Fujita and Paul Krugman) of "The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions and International Trade".
Reviews
"This lucid, authoritative and comprehensive book will be of great value to anyone interested in the role of multinational enterprises in the modern world."--John Driffill, Times Higher Education Supplement "[This book] is an extremely welcome addition to the literature and profession... [Multinational Firms in the World Economy] fills a very important niche of bringing together our current knowledge of multinational firm behavior and their economic effects on parent and host countries."--Bruce A. Blonigen, Journal of International Economics
Book Information
ISBN 9780691128030
Author Giorgio Barba Navaretti
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 454g