• Part 1: 1. The Distinctive Nature of the Multinational Enterprise. 2. Trade, Location of Economic Activity and the Multinational Enterprise: A Search for an Eclectic Approach. 3. Trade, Location of Economic Activity and the Multinational Enterprise: Some Empirical Tests. 4. Explaining Changing Patterns of International Production: In Support of the Eclectic Theory. 5. Explaining the International Direct Investment Position of Countries: Towards a Dynamic or Developmental Approach. 6. The UK’s International Direct Investment Position in the Mid-1970s. Part 2: 7. Multinational Enterprises, Market Structure, Economic Power and Industrial Policy. 8. Multinational Enterprises and Domestic Capital Formation. 9. Multinational Enterprises, Locational Strategies and Regional Development. 10. Employee Compensation in US Multinationals and Indigenous Firms: An Exploratory Micro/Macro Analysis. 11. Multinational Enterprises and Trade Flows of Developing Countries. 12. The Consequences of International Transfer of Technology by Multinational Enterprises. Some Home Country Implications. Part 3: 13. Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Multinational Enterprises to Host Countries: A ‘Tool Kit’ Approach. 14. Alternative Policy Prescriptions and the Multinational Enterprise. 15. Multinational Enterprises and the Challenge of the 1980s. Index.

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