The Rise of the Global Company Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World (New Approaches to Economic and Social History)

Synopsis

This is the first full account of how an influential form of commercial organization - the multinational enterprise - drove globalization and contributed to the making of the modern world. Robert Fitzgerald explores the major role of multinational enterprises in the events of world history, from the nineteenth century to the present, revealing how the growth of businesses that operated across borders contributed to an unprecedented worldwide transformation and deepening interdependence between countries. He demonstrates how international businesses shaped the economic development and competitiveness of nations, their politics and sovereignty, and the balance of power in international relations. The Rise of the Global Company uses the lessons of history to question prominent contemporary interpretations of multinationals and their consequences, and offers a truly wide-ranging survey of multinational enterprise, spanning two hundred years and five continents. A survey of multinationals that traces their involvement in the events that determined the histories of nations, the international economy and international relations. Examines multinational enterprise as a major cause of globalization. Places the rise of multinational enterprise within the context of wider events in modern world history.

Copyright:

2015

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Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781316338032

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Date of Addition:

12/04/17

Copyrighted By:

Robert Fitzgerald

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Business and Finance, Textbooks, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government

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