While consumers worry about their standard of living, the recent publication of the Beigbeder report on the low cost model draws our attention. The report proposes to use this economic model as a means for reducing prices and thus to increase purchasing power. For any competition specialist,...

This paper aims at evaluating the scope of the bargaining power theory which considers direct investment restrictions—particularly regarding capital ownership—as the result of a bargaining process between the MNE and the host country. Three points are specifically studied: the conflict...