The Future of the Multinational Enterprise

activities advantages analysis argued Asia and Pacific assets associated Average number Canada capital-intensive cent Chapter coefficient communication costs comparative advantage competitive concentration Conglomerates correlations D-intensive firms D-intensive industries degree of multinationality developing countries diversification economic economic rent exploitation exports factors firm-specific firm's foreign direct investment foreign firms foreign investment foreign penetration formed per annum growth and profitability growth of MNEs host governments hypothesis imperfect competition incentive increase industry-specific innovation intermediate products internal market internalisation of markets intra-firm investor involves Japanese location strategy manufacturing marginal cost ment Multinational Enterprise Netherlands non-US oligopolistic oligopoly operations optimal scale organisation parent PC theory percentage portfolio post-war price-taker ratio regions research-intensive industries returns to scale risk sample significant skilled labour space race stages of production subsidiaries formed suggests Switzerland Table tend tion transfer pricing transport United Kingdom US-based MNEs variables vertical integration West Germany