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

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Safarian, A. E., 1924- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Corporations, American > Canada.
Corporations, Foreign > Canada.
Sociétés américaines > Canada.
Sociétés étrangères > Canada.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General.
Corporations, American
Corporations, Foreign
Canada
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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