This article relies on the current situation that legal provisions related to protection of rights female employees multinational corporations are not perfect and tough uses norm analysis method explain existing problems give possible solutions. Firstly, it discusses predicament women's employment equality in corporations, as well lack content substantive binding international conventions. It a...

The paper supports the idea that organizations can institute various internal structures, policies and practices to overcome transfer barriers and facilitate the degree of knowledge transfer. I discuss a framework for future empirical research on the relations between human resource management (HRM) practices and knowledge transfer in multinational corporations (MNC). The proposed model is empi...

This paper studies the relationship between multinationality and performance under a real options lens. Based on a cross-sectional panel of multinational corporations (MNCs) that are likely to use real options reasoning for the management of their operations, we test the impact of operating and strategic options on firms’ risk-returns parameters. Our evidence reveals that both multinationality ...

A key leverage for small software consultancy companies is the collective knowledge possessed by their consultants. There have been some studies in the literature on how to harvest and transfer this knowledge, but most studies are aimed at large multinational corporations. In this paper we describe an ongoing research project, aimed at improving knowledge sharing in a small software consultancy...

‘Globalisation’ is a rag-bag, but the ‘anti-globalisation’ movement – a combination of trade union protectionists, passionate environmentalists, Third-World sympathisers, and antinomian activists who substitute ‘globalisation’ for the earlier ‘capitalism’ and ‘multinational corporations’ – is proving to be a force not lightly dismissed. Organisations like the World Bank, the UK’s Department for...

Tourism businesses operate globally and many have opted for a competitive advantage of internationalization. Technology, information and reduction of boundaries have created new forms of service companies, not only the large multinational corporations, but also small niche specialists. The growing importance of strategic alliances in creating networks of business relationships has become a tren...

This paper deals with the interplay between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the industrial and innovation policies of host developing economies. It aims to redefine the nexus between these different, though yet strongly interconnected policy areas, by bringing the affiliates of multinational corporations already established in a host economy to the first level of analysis. It argues that ho...

1745 Foreign direct investment may promote economic development by helping to improve productivity growth and exports in the multinationals' host countries. But the exact nature of the relationship between foreign multinational corporations and their host economies seems to vary between industries and countries. Summary findings Foreign direct investment may promote economic development by help...

The statistical analysis of firm-level data on US multinational corporations reported in this study was conducted at the International Investment Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, under arrangements that maintained legal confidentiality requirements. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Commerce. Sugge...

————————————————————————————————— Using confidential data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, we document a new set of facts regarding the behavior of U.S. multinational firms. First, we find that intra-firm trade is concentrated among a small number of large affiliates. The median affiliate reports no shipments to the parent, and directs the bulk of its sales to unrelated parties in its coun...