A Long-run Theory of the Multinational Enterprise

Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson
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Peter J. Buckley: University of Bradford Management Centre

Chapter 2 in The Future of the Multinational Enterprise, 1991, pp 32-65 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It is little exaggeration to say that at present there is no established theory of the multinational enterprise. Previous economic and statistical studies of the MNE can be criticised on the grounds that they lack a comprehensive theoretical basis. But from another point of view the fault lies with the orthodox theories of production and trade because as presently formulated they are unable to explain or predict the post-war growth of MNEs. We shall argue that the growth of the MNE is one aspect of a radical change in business organisation which has outdated the orthodox theory of production.1

Keywords: Communication Cost; Future Market; Transfer Price; Optimal Scale; Multinational Enterprise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-21204-0_2

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