Multinationals and Global Capitalism

This book provides a unique contribution to contemporary globalization debates by providing an accessible survey of the growth and role of multinational enterprises in the world economy over the last two hundred years. The author shows how entrepreneurs built a global economy in the nineteenth century by creating firms that pursued resources and markets across borders. It demonstrates how multinationals shifted strategies as the first global economy disintegrated in
the political and economic chaos between the two world wars, and how they have driven the creation of the contemporary global economy. It will be essential reading for advanced students of International Business, Business History, Mulitnationals, and Entrepreneurship.