TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forsgren, Mats
TI  - Theories of the multinational firm: : a multidimensional creature in the global economy
SN  - 9781781958179
AV  - HD 2755.5 .F695 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cheltenham
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - MSc International Business
KW  - International business enterprises
N1  - Previous ed.: 2008; Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-188) and index
N2  - This expanded and updated edition of a successful textbook will be required reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business, international management and international economy courses. The current debate about the multinational firm as an actor in the global economy is intense and many-sided. This thoroughly accessible and compact textbook presents, analyses and compares six different theories of the multinational firm that have dominated the research in international business during the last four decades. The author discloses the basic building blocks and assumptions behind each theory so the reader can reach a better understanding of why the multinational firm is looked upon in so many different ways by researchers and stakeholders
ER  -