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.
| ISBN: | 9780521849746 |
| Publication date: | 7th January 2016 |
| Author: | Robert Royal Holloway, University of London Fitzgerald |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 636 pages |
| Series: | New Approaches to Economic and Social History |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Economic history Multinationals |
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.
The Rise of the Global Company features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Economic history, Multinationals
The Rise of the Global Company is available in Hardback, Paperback
The Rise of the Global Company was written by Robert Royal Holloway, University of London Fitzgerald and published by Cambridge University Press
The Rise of the Global Company has 636 pages
Yes it is part of New Approaches to Economic and Social History series
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