The Labour Utilisation Practices of Multinationals and Obstacles to Multinational Collective Bargaining

1984 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Enderwick
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Direct Foreign Investment ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Union Action ◽  
Development Analysis

The under-development of multinational collective bargaining has generally been equated with legal and institutional differences between major host and source nations of direct foreign investment. Such an analysis is deficient in that it imputes a neutral role to management action in discouraging such a development. Analysis of the labour utilisation practices of multinational enterprises reveals their impact on labour stratification and segmentation. An important outcome of multinationality is to create considerable vulnerability, within many multinational enterprises, to effec tive nationally based union action. Labour responses to the multinational enterprise exploiting these structural paradoxes appear to represent the most cost-efficient way forward for organised labour.

American-Japanese Direct Foreign Investment Relationships, 1930–1952

1982 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mira Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Direct Foreign Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
History Of

One of the leading experts on the history of multinational enterprise, Mira Wilkins here sets forth the history of American multinational investment in Japan and Japanese multinational investment in the United States during two crucial decades. The tumultuous years from 1930 to 1952 forced these companies to deal with the vastly different challenges of depression, war, and peace. Professor Wilkins explains how they adapted to their changing environment. She also provides noteworthy support for the view that cross-investment was not symmetrical.

Multinational Enterprises and the Globalization of Medicine: Siemens and the Business of X-ray Equipment in Non-Western Markets, 1900–1939

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 820-848
Author(s):  
Pierre-Yves Donzé
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Hospital Development ◽  
Slight Growth ◽  
The 19Th Century

Whereas the globalization of medicine since the middle of the 19th century has primarily been approached as the sociopolitical and cultural outcome of imperialism, this article argues that Western big business also played a major role through the worldwide export of standardized medical technologies. It focuses on the expansion of Siemens on the X-ray equipment market in non-Western countries during the first half of the twentieth century. This German multinational enterprise experienced slight growth from the mid-1920s onwards but relied mainly on two markets (Argentina and Brazil). It specialized in providing large-scale equipment to a few urban hospitals and engaged during the 1930s in large-scale hospital development together with local authorities and international organizations in various countries (China, Peru, and Central Africa). However, Siemens had great difficulty in expanding its business to include private doctors and inland outlets, where it faced intense competition from other Western X-ray producers. This paper emphasizes that this shortcoming stemmed from a direct application of the European strategy (high-quality, expensive equipment for hospitals) to non-Western markets, where health systems differed.

Direct Foreign Investment and Economic Development in Latin America: Perspectives for the Future

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 221-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Paus
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Direct Foreign Investment ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
International Bank ◽  
The Future ◽  
Latin American Countries

Since 1982, most Latin American countries have witnessed slow economic growth and a persistent net transfer of funds to the rest of the world as a result of sharply reduced inflows of private international bank lending and large debt payment obligations. Against this background direct foreign investment (DFI) has received increasing attention as one important element in overcoming the present stagnation-cum-debt crisis as well as in contributing to renewed economic growth. This article explores the possible contributions of DFI to the future economic growth and development of the region.1

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