Multinational Firms and Impacts on Employment, Trade and Technology : New Perspectives for a New Century (Hardcover)

Part I: Multinational Firms, International Production and Home Employment1. Foreign Production by US Firms and Parent Firm EmploymentPart II: Multinational Firms and International Trade: FDI and Export, FDI and Intra-Firm Trade2. Relationships between Trade and FDI Flows within Two Panels of US and French Industries3. Intra-Firm Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: an Empirical Analysis of French Firms4. Foreign Investment Transactions and International Trade Linkages5. Intra-Firm Trade and Market StructurePart III: Multinational Firms, Linkages and Spillover Effects6. Linkages, Multinationals and Industrial Development7. Local Procurement by Japanese Manufacturing AffiliatesPart IV: Multinational Firms, Structure and Diffusion of Technology and Innovation: How it is Structured in the Context of Globalization8. The Effectiveness of Intellectual Property Rights: an Exploration of French Survey Data9. The Innovative Activities of Multinational Firms in Italy10. Innovative Strategies and Know-How Flows in International Companies: Some Evidence from Belgian Manufacturing11. Foreign Direct Investment as Technology Sourcing