United Nations Library on Transnational Corporations

John Dunning is Professor of Economics at the University of Reading and Professor at Rutgers University.

• Volume 1: The Theory of Transnational Corporations, edited by John Dunning.Part one - Early Theories.Part two - Towards more general theories and paradigms.Part three - Some tests of the theories.Part four - Recent theoretical insights.Volume 2: Transnational Corporations: A Historical Perspective, edited by Geoffrey Jones.Part one - Emergence and growth.Part two - Concepts.Part three - Impact and responses.Volume 3: Transnational Corporations and Economic Development, edited by Sanjaya Lall.Part one - Welfare of host developing countries.Part two - New developments.Part three - Impact on developing countries. Part four - Policies on TNCs.Volume 4: Transnational Corporations and Business Strategy, edited by Donald J. Lecraw and Allen Morrison.Part one - Strategy formulation: process.Part two - Strategy formulation: content.Part three - Strategy implementation: organization.Part four - Strategy implementation: strategic control and ownership

'The UNCTAD Programme on Transnational Corporations has embarked on the monumental task of assembling the most influential and enduring pieces of this vast research in a set of twenty volumes under the general editorship of John Dunning, the acknowledged high priest of research on the TNC ... The first four volumes provide a veritable feast ... The overwhelming impression these four volumes leave is one of an area of research which is unusually rich in not only the variety of issues it has examined but also in attracting the best minds from diverse disciplines to analyse the issues posed by the TNC ... These four volumes are merely appetisers for the other sixteen to follow' - V.N.Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, Reviewing volumes 1-4 in Business History'The objective of The United Nations Library on Transnational Corporations is to offer balanced insights into the major economic management, organisational and legal issues of transborder business activities. The volumes in the series enable scholars, government officials, corporate executives and others to obtain an overview of the emergence, growth, operation, impact and likely evolution of TNCs. They will also advance the understanding of TNCs, help to secure effective international agreements relating to their activities an dstrenghten the negotiating capacity of host countries, particularly developing countries.'The overwhelming impression these four volumes leave is one of an area of research which is unusually rich in not only the variety of issues it has examined but also in attracting the best minds from diverse disciplines to analyse the issues posed by the TNC ... These four volumes are merely appetisers for the other 16 to follow. Students of the TNC owe a debt of gratitude to the United Nations, the general editor and the editors of each of the four volumes for the riches they have provided.' - Business History