Multinational companies from emerging economies : composition, conceptualization and direction in the global economy /

This comprehensive study of the rise of multinational corporations from emerging economies explores the basis of their success. The need to compete internationally characterizes the current phase of globalization, and drives firms to invest abroad at an early stage of their history. Andrea Goldstein argues that the history of multinational business offers valuable lessons for the present and shows how emerging multinationals are embedded in dense political, social and ethnic networks.Includes bibliographical references and index.This comprehensive study of the rise of multinational corporations from emerging economies explores the basis of their success. The need to compete internationally characterizes the current phase of globalization, and drives firms to invest abroad at an early stage of their history. Andrea Goldstein argues that the history of multinational business offers valuable lessons for the present and shows how emerging multinationals are embedded in dense political, social and ethnic networks