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050	0	0	_aHD2755.5 _b.F49 2015
082	0	0	_223 _a338.88 _bFIT
084			_aBUS023000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aFitzgerald, Robert, _d1959-
245	1	4	_aThe rise of the global company : _bmultinationals and the making of the modern world / _cRobert Fitzgerald, Royal Holloway, University of London.
260			_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_axii, 622 pages ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aNew approaches to economic and social history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This is the first full account of how an influential form of commercial organization - the multinational enterprise - drove globalization and contributed to the making of the modern world. Robert Fitzgerald explores the major role of multinational enterprises in the events of world history, from the nineteenth century to the present, revealing how the growth of businesses that operated across borders contributed to an unprecedented worldwide transformation and deepening interdependence between countries. He demonstrates how international businesses shaped the economic development and competitiveness of nations, their politics and sovereignty, and the balance of power in international relations. The Rise of the Global Company uses the lessons of history to question prominent contemporary interpretations of multinationals and their consequences, and offers a truly wide-ranging survey of multinational enterprise, spanning two hundred years and five continents"--
650		0	_aInternational business enterprises.
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. _2bisacsh
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/49746/cover/9780521849746.jpg
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