Rival States, Rival Firms
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In this theoretically original work, two distinguished authors explore the mutual interdependence of states and firms throughout the world. They show how global structural changes - in finance, technology, knowledge and politics - often impel governments to seek the help and cooperation of managers of multinational enterprises. Yet, as Professors Stopford and Strange demonstrate, this is constrained by each country's economic resources, its social structures and its political history. Based on grass-roots research into the experience of over 50 multinationals and more than 100 investment projects in three developing countries- Brazil, Malaysia and Kenya - the authors develop a matrix of agendas. They present the impact on projects of the multiple factors affecting the bargaining relationships between the government and the foreign firm at different times and in a variety of economic sectors. In conclusion they offer some guidelines for actions to both governments and firms and some points to future interdisciplinary research.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521423864
ISBN13:9780521423861
Release Date:November 1991
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Bargains between states and firms
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
In this book, Susan Strange (with John Stopford)develops the relational power model that she introduces in "States and Markets". The book introduces the firm as a player in diplomacy and argues that transnational corporation can exercise the type of relational power that the state exercises. The book is a foundation to Strange's "The Retreat of the State" and a read of all three books, pluse Roger Tooze's anthology of Strange's work "States and Authorities" provides an excellent introduction to International Political Economy as seen from a distinctly European perspective and with the clarity (and quirkiness) provided by the late Susan Strange.
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