International Institutions And Multinational Enterprises: Global Players - Global Markets (International Institutions and Global Governance Series)

This book provides rigorous analysis of the wide range of questions surrounding the role of international institutions in governing global business, especially multinational enterprises (MNEs). The analysis, both theoretical and empirical, focuses on the corporate governance of MNEs and to what extent their management takes into account the negative effects of their activities. Also discussed are; how nation states and international institutions control the activities of MNEs, and how the role and strategies of international institutions can be changed to minimise any negative effects without hampering the positive aspects and effects of MNEs. Besides the general questions of corporate governance, the fundamental differences between shareholder and stakeholder concepts are also carefully examined. A number of moral aspects in corporate governance are touched upon including the effect of international entrepreneurial activities on wages, labour markets and environmental issues. International Institutions and Multinational Enterprises is a fascinating book that will appeal to scholars of international and development economics, international business management and institutional economics. NGOs and policymakers involved in international trade, monetary and development policy formulation and associated institutions will also find much to interest them. International Institutions And Multinational Enterprises Is A Book That Will Appeal To Scholars Of International And Development Economics, International Business Management And Institutional Economics. Ngos And Policymakers Involved In International Trade, Monetary And Development Policy Formulation And Associated Institutions Will Also Find Much To Interest Them.--jacket. International Institutions And Corporate Governance / John-ren Chen -- Global Capitalism / John H. Dunning -- Corporate Governance In Multinational Companies / Hans H. Hinterhuber [and Others] -- The International Competition Network As An International Merger Control Institution / Oliver Budzinski -- Do Multinational Enterprises Pay Less Tax? / Francesca Gastaldi And Maria Grazia Pazienza -- Multinational Enterprises, Core Labour Standards And The Role Of International Institutions / Matthias Busse -- Foreign Direct Investment And Wages / V.n. Balasubramanyam And David Sapsford -- Coordination Failures And The Role Of Foreign Direct Investment In Least Developed Countries / Brian Portelli -- Market Entry Strategies Of Multinational Firms In Local And Regional Markets And Their Consequences For Regional Development / Klaus Weiermair And Mike Peters -- Institutional And Policy Variety, The Role Of Ifis And Economic Development / Daniel Daianu -- International Institutions And Financial Market Stability / Klaus Liebscher. Edited By John-ren Chen. The Second International Csi Conference On 'multinational Enterprises And International Institutions - Global Players--global Markets Was Held From 20th-22nd November 2002 In Innsbruck--preface. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Recoge: Preface Introduction by Karl Socher 1. International Institutions and Corporate Governance. - 2. Global Capitalism: The Moral Challenge. - 3. Corporate Governance in Multinational Companies. - 4. The International Competition Network as an International Merger Control Institution. - 5. Do Multinational Enterprises Pay Less Tax? Empirical Evidence for Italy. - 6. Multinational Enterprises, Core Labour Standards and the Role of International Institutions. - 7. Foreign Direct Investment and Wages. - 8. Coordination Failures and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Least Developed Countries: Exploring the Dynamics of a Virtuous Process for Industrial Upgrading. - 9. Market Entry Strategies of Multinational Firms in Local and Regional Markets and their Consequences for Regional Development: The Case of the Accommodation and Food Industry in Western Australia. - 10. Institutional and Policy Variety, the Role of IFIs and Economic Development. - 11. International Institutions and Financial Market Stability International institutions have an increasingly important role in regulation of business, especially the activities of multinationals. This title looks at the corporate governance of MNEs and how international institutions can best regulate without stifling the positive aspects of international business