The Multinational Traders (Routledge International Studies in Business History)

This book examines  the evolution and theory of multinational trading companies. It features contributions from an international selection of US, European and Asian economists and business historians which demonstrate the importance of trading companies in trade and investment flows in the world economy from the nineteenth century to the present. The authors adopt evolutionary and comparative perspectives to examine diversification strategies and organizational structures.
This innovative study of subject which has been badly neglected provides a major new dimension to our knowledge of the history and theory of international business.It will appeal to a widely range of researchers in International Business, Business and Economic History, Management Studies and Economics.