Multinational Corporations: The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment

by Theodore H. Moran

This book describes the major policy issues for home as well as host governments. It charts a strategy for Third World nations interested in foreign investment but wary of foreign control for more developed nations, it assesses the need for a special industrial policy to promote high technology companies. The book concludes with an overveiw of the international economic system, the forces that have held it in its present shape, and the changes that lie ahead. This book looks at the growing power of some Third World governments to harness multinationals and asks whether such power constitutes a serious threat to developed countries economics strength.

285 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1985