Multinational Firms' Location and the New Economic Geography

The choice of location for the production plants of multinational firms is an important issue, not least because this decision is accompanied by so many fears b

Pontus Braunerhjelm and Karolina Ekholm Over recent decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) has become a major force in the global economy. The geographical pa

The fields of Economic Geography and International Business share an interest in the same phenomena, whilst each provides both a differing perspective and diffe

'The world economy is subject to a rapidly increasing globalization, and multinational enterprises are their major driving force. This brand new book on multina

Multinationals exhibit distinct agglomeration patterns which have transformed the global transformed the global landscape of industrial production (Alfaro and C

Through a series of international case studies, the nature and the geographical implications of the development of multinational corporations is examined. The v

Presenting a debate on multinationals that is grounded in sound economic arguments, the authors explain their conclusion that multinational enterprises are gene

Presents papers which grapple with some of the most important developments and challenges in International Business, both for the firms who must fashion strateg

The issues addressed in this thesis concern the implications of factor mobility through multinational firms on a country's specialization and comparative advant