This volume identifies and analyses the crucial issues in the impact of multinational
enterprises (MNEs) on less developed countries (LDCs). Although the authors take a variety …

This book, based on extensive, original, detailed research presents a comprehensive
overview of the Italian multinationals and their activities during the 1990s. It: surveys the …

The theory of foreign direct investment (henceforth referred to as FDI) is of relatively recent
origin. It was first put forward in 1960 by Stephen Hymer in his PhD thesis at Massachusetts …

Leopoldo Pirelli was the third generation to run the family firm and a key character of Italian
capitalism. He played a major role in Italy's biggest merger and served as Head of the …

Il volume è il risultato della ricerca svolta durante il corso di Dottorato in Relazioni
internazionali. L'analisi politologica si propone di mettere a fuoco i problemi che stanno …

After a quick profile of Italian foreign direct investments since 1900 and a short review of the
main explanations of the lagged multinational growth by Italian manufacturing companies, a …

Only two Italian multinationals born in very early twentieth century are surviving today (Fiat
and Pirelli), while a number of public and private business that in the early post-war period …

In a conference held at the British Embassy in Washington, at the beginning of the'60s, the
then Labour Party Director of the freshly-conceived Ministry for Technology of the United …

The globalization of the world economy did not necessarily go hand in hand with the
abolition of trade barriers: the historical period 1870–1914 was characterized by the …

Of course, we must first answer a preliminary question: what is the purpose of studying cross-
direct investments between France and Italy, when this phenomenon clearly appears to be …