Overview
Free-standing companies are a special type of multinational enterprise that proliferated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; some persisted into later years; few remain today. Many were headquartered in the United Kingdom, but important free-standing companies had headquarters in the other capital-rich nations. This book explores the history of the free-standing company, the theoretical implications of the concept, comparisons with the `American model' multinational enterprise, the validity of the concept, and its contribution to the understanding of modern economic history. Leading international scholars - economists and historians - provide evidence on and analysis of the operations of free-standing companies in different parts of the world. This is the first book on the much-discussed topic of free-standing companies. The volume will provide a rich quarry for those interested in world economic history, regional and national economic histories, in the spread of international business, and in the different forms that multinational enterprises take through time.
Full Product Details
Author: Mira Wilkins (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Florida International University) ,
Harm Schroter (Visiting Professor, Visiting Professor, University of Konstanz)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 24.30cm
Weight: 0.875kg
ISBN: 9780198290322
ISBN 10: 0198290322
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 10 September 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
. .a very lively volume that reflects the divergent opinions and viewpoints of eighteen leading scholars in the field of multinational business. It really is a hard volume to put down once one picks it up. [...] ...a masterful introduction to the subject and the issues by Wilkins. [...] The range of concerns raised by the concept attests to its value and must attract a wide readership to this volume. Those interested in institutional economics will find the theoretical chapters and the case studies particularly stimulating. The book will be useful to scholars of multinational enterprises of all types, international business, and of course, business and economic history. The volume will also serve as a teaching tool for showing advanced students how leading authorities develop questions and refine their methods of inquiry while they grapple with the implications of a new concept. --EH.NET A gem....This is economic history at its best. --Enterprise & Society
., a very lively volume that reflects the divergent opinions and viewpoints of eighteen leading scholars in the field of multinational business. It really is a hard volume to put down once one picks it up. [...] ...a masterful introduction to the subject and the issues by Wilkins. [...] The range of concerns raised by the concept attests to its value and must attract a wide readership to this volume. Those interested in institutional economics will find the theoretical chapters and the case studies particularly stimulating. The book will be useful to scholars of multinational enterprises of all types, international business, and of course, business and economic history. The volume will also serve as a teaching tool for showing advanced students how leading authorities develop questions and refine their methods of inquiry while they grapple with the implications of a new concept. --EH.NET<br> A gem....This is economic history at its best. --Enterprise & Society<br>
