Multinational Enterprise, Political Risk And Organisational Change From Total War to Cold War

• Other Authors: Forbes, Neil (Editor), Kurosawa, Takafumi (Editor), Wubs, Ben (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
• Series: Routledge international studies in business history
• Subjects: International business enterprises > Case studies; Organizational change > Case studies; World War, 1939-1945 > Case studies > Economic aspects
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Physical Description: xiv 245 pages : 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9781138047822

Hitherto, the organization of international business has been studied mostly from a managerial point of view or by examining the relationship between firms and the economy. Yet, the development of the modern, multinational firm - the most important type of business organisation - has been strongly influenced by the conflicts that bedeviled the twentieth century. The volatile macroeconomic and political environments experienced by international business point to how important it is to study political risk. Consequently, Multinational Enterprise, Political Risk and Organisational Change: From Total War to Cold War breaks new ground: it argues that non-market elements and historical context are key to understanding the way international business has been organised. This edited volume offers an historical approach to analysing how multinational enterprise has developed over time and around the world, through a series of well-crafted chapters, on important topics in international economic and business history, written by authorities in their respective fields of study and research.