JULIAN BIRKINSHAW Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden THOMAS L. BREWER Georgetown University, USA PETER J. BUCKLEY University of Leeds, UK DANIEL CHUDNOVSKY CENIT, Argentina JOHN H.DUNNING Rutgers University, USA CRISPIAN FULLER University of Wales, UK NEIL HOOD University of Strathclyde, UK STEPHEN J. KOBRIN University of Pennsylvania, USA HAFIZ MIRZA University of Bradford, UK KEVIN MORGAN University of Wales, UK LYNN K. MYTELKA UNCTAD, Switzerland TERUTOMO OZAWA Colorado State University, USA EWEN PETER Scottish Enterprise, UK NICK PHELPS University of Wales, UK JONATHAN SLOW Scottish Enterprise, UK STEPHEN YOUNG University of Strathclyde, UK.

• Preface PART 1: ISSUES AND THEORY Globalization, Multinational Enterprises and Economic Development Globalization and the Theory Of MNE Activity PART 2: THE CORPORATE PERSPECTIVE Multinational Corporate Strategy and Organisation; An Internal Market Perspective Globalization, Corporate Strategies and Business Services Globalization and the Growth of Small and Non-Dominant Firms: Case Evidence from Scotland PART 3: THE COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE Development After Industrialisation: Poor Countries in an Electronically Integrated Global Economy Egypt At A Crossroads: MNEs and Economic Development in a Global Environment MNEs, Globalization and Economic Development: The Case Of Argentina in the 1990's The Globalization of Business and East Asian Developing Country Multinationals Small And Medium-Sized MNC's, Industrial Clusters and Globalization: The Japanese Experience PART 4: THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE The World Trade Organization: Global Rule Maker? Locational Tournaments for FDI: Inward Investmentinto Europe in a Global World The Globalization of Competition and the Localisation of Competitive Advantage: Policies Toward Regional Clustering Plant Subsidiary Upgrading: Some Evidence from the Electronics Industry Regions, Governance and FDI: The Case of Wales PART 5 : CONCLUSIONS Globalization and Economic Development: Overview and Conclusions