The Maturing Of Multinational Enterprise: American Business Abroad From 1914 To 1970 (harvard Studies In Business History)

Examines conditions and influences that fashioned the American corporation's development and rate abroad between World War I and 1970 Frontmatter (page N/A) One. War and Crisis I. World War I (page 3) II. Difficulties Abroad, 1914-1920 (page 33) Two. The Nineteen-Twenties III. The Outlook (page 49) IV. The Conquest of Markets (page 60) V. Supply Strategies (page 92) VI. Others Abroad (page 129) VII. An Overview (page 138) Three. The Era of Depression VIII. Obstacles to Growth (page 167) IX. The Paradox of Oil (page 206) Four. World War II and Its Aftermath X. Before America's Entry (page 245) XI. Global War (page 261) XII. Recovery and Reconsideration, 1945-1954 (page 285) Five. The Contemporary Scene XIII. The Environment for Multinational Business, 1955-1970 (page 327) XIV. Multinational Enterprise, 1955-1970 (page 374) Six. Epilogue XV. International Business in Perspective (page 411) Bibliography (page 443) Notes (page 483) Index (page 567) Monograph on the historical development of multinational enterprise activities of the USA - describes the impact of the first and second world war and economic recessions on foreign investments, contemporary and future trends in the economic implications of multinationals, etc. Bibliography pp. 443 to 481, references and statistical tables