Structural Change and Cooperation in the Global Economy

The authors study the effects of different policy environments on the management of corporate operations. The interdependencies between countries are analysed as determinants of policies, with efforts to assess ways in which the activities of firms affect those interdependencies. Attention is given to the structural consequences of corporate strategies for decision makers shaping fiscal, monetary, financial, trade, industrial, foreign direct investment and competition policies. The authors aim to identify requirements and opportunities for cooperation between firms and governments, across borders and sectors. Concerted entrepreneurship and collaborative policymaking are advocated.

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Examines corporate strategies which are driving the process of globalization and are evolving under the influence of national policies and various patterns of cooperation between governments. In order to identify requirements and opportunities for cooperation between firms and governments across borders and sectors, Boyd (political science, Rutgers U.) and Dunning (international business, Rutgers U.) study the effects of different policy environments on the management of corporate operations, analyze the interdependencies between countries, and address the structural consequences of corporate strategies for decision making. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)