Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature) - Hardcover

Caves, Richard E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521472652 ISBN 13: 9780521472654

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis surveys the contributions that economic analysis has made to our understanding of why multinational enterprises exist and what consequences they have for the workings of the national and international economies. Covering both theories and tests of hypotheses, and synthesizing material from social science and applied disciplines, Professor Caves develops the logic behind public policies that affect multinational enterprises. He shows the points of harmony and conflict between national policies and sources of discrepancy between national and world welfare. The book has been completely updated to cover contributions appearing up to mid-1994 and many parts have been rewritten to reflect new ideas and lines of research appearing since the first edition. It remains the only survey volume to draw equally on analytical contributions of both economics and business administration bearing on the multinational firm.

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Book Description

Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis surveys the contributions that economic analysis has made to our understanding of why multinational enterprises exist and what consequences they have for the workings of the national and international economies. The book remains as the only survey volume to draw equally on analytical contributions of both economics and business administration bearing on the multinational firm.

About the Author

Richard E. Caves is Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is the author of many articles on multinational enterprise and other topics in the fields of international economics and industrial organization. He is the co-author of a leading textbook on international economics, World Trade and Payments. His most recent books deal with the arts and entertainment industries, Creative Industries: Contracts between Art and Commerce and Switching Channels: Organization and Change in TV Broadcasting.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521472652
• ISBN 13: 9780521472654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336