Between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, after decades of trying to limit short-term international capital movements, advanced industrial states moved decisively in the direction of decontrol. What has driven this remarkable policy convergence? The answer lies not in ideological change or...

Viele Experten stimmen darüber ein, daß sich die Weltwirtschaft in einem Globalisierungsprozeß befindet. dies vorausgesetzt darf angenommen werden, daß die weltweit führenden multinationalen Unternehmen ihre nationalen Eigenheiten tendenziell ablegen und stattdessen ihre Arbeitsmethoden und...

Liberal and critical theorists alike claim that the world political economy is becoming globalized. If they are right, leading corporations should gradually be losing their national characters and converging in their fundamental strategies and operations. Multinational corporations (MNCs) should...