Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Theoretical Considerations""; ""A â€? Theories of Multinational Corporations""; ""Special advantages and international operations""; ""The theory of the product cycle""; ""The oligopolistic reaction theory""; ""The international ""pecking order""""; ""The ""internalization"" of markets in intermediate goods""; ""B â€? Imperialism, Dependency and Multinational Corporations""; ""Imperialism and the export of capital""; ""Dependency, stagnation and multinational corporations""; ""Dependency, development and multinational corporations""
  • ""C â€? Working Hypotheses""""Chapter 2 The International Expansion of the Canadian Economy""; ""A case of dependent industrialization""; ""Canadian direct investment in foreign countries in the twentieth century""; ""The role of the Canadian government""; ""Canadian multinationals in perspective""; ""Chapter 3 The Rise and Fall of the Utility Multinationals""; ""Multinationals and the utility sector""; ""The growth and decline of the utility multinationals""; ""Brazilian Traction, Light and Power""; ""International Power""; ""Chapter 4 Multinationals in the Mining Sector""
  • ""A â€? The Major Industries""""The world nickel industry""; ""The world copper industry""; ""The world aluminum industry""; ""The world zinc industry""; ""The world lead industry""; ""B â€? Canadian Multinationals in the World Mining Industry""; ""International Nickel (Inco)""; ""Falconbridge Nickel Mines""; ""Noranda Mines""; ""Alcan Aluminum""; ""Cominco""; ""Chapter 5 Multinationals in the Manufacturing Sector""; ""A â€? The Major Manufacturing Industries""; ""The distilled liquor industry""; ""The paper industy""; ""The farm machinery industry""; ""The synthetic rubber industry""
  • ""The telecommunications industry""""B â€? The Major Canadian Multinationals in the Manufacturing Sector""; ""Seagram""; ""Hiram Walker â€? Gooderham and Worts""; ""MacMillan Bloedel""; ""Massey-Ferguson""; ""Polysar""; ""Northern Telecom""; ""Chapter 6 Conclusion""; ""Giant companies and domestic oligopolies""; ""Technological imitators""; ""Declining and expanding multinationals""; ""The internalization of markets""; ""The non-American challenge and the reaction of Canadian multinationals""; ""The multinationalization of industrial branches and the oligopolistic reaction""
  • ""Imperialism and dependency""""Canadian multinational corporations: a unique case""; ""Bibliography""