Growth of Global Business (RLE International Business)

Howard Cox (University of Worcester, University of Reading) (Edited by) ,  Jeremy L Clegg (Edited by) ,  Grazia Ietto-Gillies (London South Bank University, UK) (Edited by)

• Introduction: The Growth of Global Business - Three Agendas, Howard Cox, et al. Part 1 Evolutionary Approaches to International Business: Technological Competence and Evolving Patterns of International Production, John Cantwell; British Multinational Banking Strategies Over Time, Geoffrey Jones; The Past, Present and Future of the Sogo Shosha, Hafiz Mirza. Part 2 The Internationalization of Service Industries: Investigating the Determinants of Service Sector Foreign Direct Investment, Jeremy Clegg; What Internationalization in Services Means - The Case of Accountancy in the UK and Ireland, Evan Davies, et al; Cross-Border Retailing in Europe - Present Status and Future Prospects, Alan Treadgold. Part 3 Business in the Wider Europe: Transnational Corporations and Eastern Europe, Hugo Radice; European Integration, Globalization and Industrial Location in Europe, Julien Savary; European Community Integration and Geographical Spread of International Production - The UK Case, Grazia Ietto-Gillies. Conclusion: The Growth of Global Business - Implications and Research agendas for the 1990s, Peter Buckley and Stephen Young.