The Political Power of Global Corporations:

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction: The Global Corporate Takeover -- Re-Embodying Global Corporations -- Re-Territorializing Global Corporations -- Conclusion -- 2: Theorizing Global Corporation...

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1. Verfasser: Mikler, John (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newark Polity Press 2018
Ausgabe:1st ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction: The Global Corporate Takeover -- Re-Embodying Global Corporations -- Re-Territorializing Global Corporations -- Conclusion -- 2: Theorizing Global Corporations’ Power -- Locating Global Corporations in IPE and Globalization Debates -- IPE Traditions -- Waves of Conceptualizing Globalization -- The Power of Ideas -- Three Faces of Power -- Instrumental Power -- Structural Power -- Discursive Power -- Conclusion -- 3: Geographical Concentration -- National as well as Global Political Actors -- National and Regional Rather Than Global Investment -- Mergers and Acquisitions -- Foreign Direct Investment Stocks -- Foreign Direct Investment Flows -- Investment Patterns as a Reflection of National Economic Power -- Conclusion -- 4: National Institutional Embeddedness -- Global Corporations’ Institutional Embedding in Industrialized States -- Financial Markets -- Product Markets -- Labor Markets -- Management Objectives -- Relationship with the State -- Globalization and the Evolution of National Capitalist Systems -- Institutional Continuity -- Institutional Change -- Emerging Market Economies -- Conclusion -- 5: Private Authority and the Potential for Private Governance -- Forms of Private Authority -- Informal Industry Norms and Practices -- Coordination Services Firms -- Production Alliances and Subcontractor Relationships -- Cartels -- Industry Associations -- Private International Regimes -- The Rationale for Private Governance -- The Promise versus the Reality -- The World’s Most Admired Companies -- Global Corporate Tax Avoidance -- Community Attitudes -- Conclusion -- 6: Conclusion: Three Implications -- The Irrelevance of the Free Market -- Multinational, not Global, Corporations.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (217 pages)
ISBN:9780745698472