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 One. War and Crisis I. World War I II. Difficulties Abroad, 1914-1920 Two. The Nineteen-Twenties III. The Outlook IV. The Conquest of Markets V. Supply Strategies VI. Others Abroad VII. An Overview Three. The Era of Depression VIII. Obstacles to Growth IX. The Paradox of Oil Four. World War II and Its Aftermath X. Before America’s Entry XI. Global War XII. Recovery and Reconsideration, 1945-1954 Five. The Contemporary Scene XIII. The Environment for Multinational Business, 1955-1970 XIV. Multinational Enterprise, 1955-1970 Six. Epilogue XV. International Business in Perspective Bibliography Notes Index 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