Leviathans

Multinational Corporations and the New Global History

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Edited by Alfred Chandler Jr. and Bruce Mazlish

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published March 2005, 272 pages, paper

ISBN 0521549930

Leviathans is a ground-breaking exploration of multinational corporations and differs from other books on the subject by offering the reader a totally global perspective of multinationals without portraying them simply as economic entities. Written by experts on various aspects of the history, development, cultural and social implications of the multinational corporation, the book paints a compelling and coherent picture of the way these businesses affect almost all areas of our existence. As we might expect, the multinational company is shown to play a major role in the globalization that is reshaping so much of our lives.

Contributors: Alfred Chandler, Bruce Mazlish, Brian Roach, Mira Wilkins, Geoffrey Jones, Sei Yonekura, Sara McKinney, Neva R. Goodwin, Elliott Morss, Robert A. G. Monks, Zhu Jia-Ming, Stephen J. Kobrin

Contents

Introduction Alfred Chandler and Bruce Mazlish; Part I. The Scope of the Multinational Phenomenon: 1. A primer on multinational corporations Brian Roach; 2. Multinational enterprise to 1930: discontinuities and continuities Mira Wilkins; 3. Multinationals from the 1930s to the 1980s Geoffrey Jones; 4. Innovative multinational forms: Japan as a case study Sei Yonekura and Sara McKinney; Part II. Cultural and Social Implications of Multinationals: 5. The social impacts of multinational corporations: an outline of the issues, with a focus on workers Neva R. Goodwin; 6. A global elite? Bruce Mazlish and Elliott Morss; Part III. The Governance of Multinationals: 7. Governing the multinational enterprise: emergence of the global shareowner Robert A. G. Monks; 8. The financial revolutions of the twentieth century Zhu Jia-Ming and Elliott R. Morss; 9. Multinational corporations, the protest movement, and the future of global governance Stephen J. Kobrin; Conclusion Bruce Mazlish.