Llicenciatura en Administració i Direcció d'Empreses (3323)
Llicenciatura en Economia (3322)

Política d'Empresa Internacional(11884) 

Tema 1

An Introduction to MNEs. Basic concepts; the nature, size and scope of MNEs; Scotland as a case study of MNE activity.

Tema 2

Theories of Multinational Enterprise. Trade and arbitrage theories: The contribution of Hymer; the search for the unique advantage of MNEs; internalisation theory; the eclectic paradigm.

Tema 3

The Economics of MNEs. MNEs as oligopolists; the creation and dissemination of information; price discrimination; collusion through international horizontal integration; international vertical integration as a marketing strategy.

Tema 4

The Implications of MNEs. Implications for developed and developing countries; conventional macroeconomic and dynamic aspects; sovereignty and related issues; changing perspectives on the effects of MNEs on host nations; the Marxist critique.

Tema 5

Policies on MNEs. National, bilateral and multilateral policies; the welfare implications of policies on MNEs.

Bibliografia

Indicative Reading List:

HYMER, S. "The efficiency (contradictions) of multinational corporations". American Economic Review. Vol. 60. Pàg. 441-448, 1970.

HOOD, N.; INGHAM, K. "Foreign multinationals in Scotland and the attraction of multinationals". Conference paper. 1986.

HOOD, N.; YOUNG, S. The Economics of Multinational Enterprise. Longman, 1979

JOHNSON, H. "The efficiency and welfare implications of the international corporation". A: C. Kindleberger (ed.). The International Corporation. MIT Press, 1970.

PITELIS, C.; SUGDEN, R. The Nature of the Transnational Firm. Routledge, 1991.

RUGMAN, A. "New theories of the multinational enterprise: an assessment of internalization theory ". Bulletin of Economic Research. Vol 38. Pàg. 101-118, 1986.

STEWART, J. C. "Transfer pricing: some empirical evidence from Ireland". Journal of Economic Stuidies. Vol. 16. Pàg. 40-56, 1989.

VERNON, R. "International investment and international trade in the product cycle". Quarterly Journal of Economics. Vol. 30, 1966.