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Foreign ownership of Canadian industry /

This third edition of Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry features a new preface contextualizing Safarian's influential work against contemporary economic issues and policies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Safarian, A. E., 1924- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Introduction. Direct investment in the Canadian economy
  • The controversy about the international firm.
  • pt. 2. The statistical background to the study. The nature of the interviews and questionnaire
  • Comparisons of respondent firms with all direct investment companies
  • Cross-classifications of the variables.
  • pt. 3. The managers and their powers. The senior executives
  • The board of directors
  • The management or executive committee
  • Other methods of maintaining contact with the affiliate
  • The delegation of powers
  • The degree of decentralization of responsibility
  • The degree of supervision.
  • pt. 4. The exports of subsidiary companies. The evidence on private international trade restriction
  • The export pattern of direct investment companies
  • The nature of the export sales organization
  • The effect of affiliation on exports
  • External pressures on foreign-owned firms.
  • pt. 5. The imports of subsidiary companies. The import pattern of direct investment companies
  • Policy and organization with regard to purchasing
  • The effect of affiliation on purchases.
  • pt. 6. The transfer of knowledge. The performance of research by the respondent companies
  • The nature of the Canadian research programs
  • Access to the parent's knowledge.
  • pt. 7. Comparative costs of production. Unit production costs compared with affiliates
  • Broader issues regarding efficiency.
  • pt. 8. The pattern of ownership and finance. The ownership of voting stock
  • Sources of funds
  • Payment of dividends
  • The United States guidelines program.
  • pt. 9. Nationality of ownership and performance of the firm. Degrees of foreign ownership and performance
  • The nature of the resident-owned firms in this study
  • Senior personnel
  • Marketing and purchasing
  • Research and development
  • Ownership and finance
  • Further tests of difference regarding performance.