Table of Contents:
  • ""Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Overview of the Project""; ""BACKGROUND AND REVIEW OF THE STUDY PROCESS""; ""AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT""; ""Agreement on the Importance of Effective MNC Management""; ""Agreement on the Correlation Between Business Success and Contributions to Host Countries""; ""Agreement on the Trend Toward Interdependent Firms and Economies""; ""Disagreement on the Role of the Policy Environment""
  • ""Disagreement Over Whether Convergence in Business Systems and Economic Regulation is Desirable or Necessary""""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""Report of the U.S. Working Group""; ""1 U.S. Working Group Conclusions, Recommendations, and Executive Summary""; ""BENEFITS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT""; ""Recommendations""; ""EQUAL ACCESS AND NEW RULES OF THE ROAD""; ""Recommendations""; ""BEST PRACTICES""; ""Recommendation""; ""UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING OUR DIFFERENCES""; ""Recommendations""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""2 Multinational Corporations and the Changing Global Environment""
  • ""OPPORTUNITIES""""CHALLENGES""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE U.S.-JAPAN LEADERSHIP FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""3 Foreign Direct Investment and the U.S.-Japan Economic and Technological Relationship""; ""THE PRE WORLD WAR II PERIOD""; ""U.S. MNCS IN JAPAN""; ""JAPANESE MNCS IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""4 U.S. and Japanese MNCs and the Shape of Global Competition""; ""A GLOBAL ECONOMY: WHO'S TURNING TOWARD ASIA?""; ""GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY: ACCESSING AND UTILIZING TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES WORLDWIDE""
  • ""MNC Access to Host Country Technological Capabilities""""The Supplier Base""; ""Strategic Alliances""; ""GLOBAL CORPORATIONS: MANAGEMENT VISION AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""5 Defining Rights and Responsibilities""; ""MNC RIGHTS: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICIES""; ""MNC RESPONSIBILITIES: DEFINING AND IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES""; ""TASKS FOR THE FUTURE""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""Report of the Japanese Working Group""; ""1 Summary""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""BASIC DIFFERENCE IN OBJECTIVES""; ""SUMMARY OF CASE STUDIES""
  • ""CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES ON NATIONAL SECURITY"""" 2 MNC Case Studies""; ""STATISTICS ON FOREIGN-BASED MNCS IN JAPAN""; ""REASONS FOR SUCCESS OF U.S.-BASED MNCS IN JAPAN""; ""REASONS FOR SUCCESS OF JAPAN-BASED MNCS IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""SOME U.S.-BASED MNCS IN JAPAN STILL HAVE ROOM FOR MANAGEMENT EFFORTS""; ""DIFFICULTIES OF JAPANESE COMPANIES IN DOING BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""NEW TRENDS FOR MNCS""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""3 Emerging Roles of MNCs""; ""INCREASING INTERNATIONAL COMPANY ALLIANCES""; ""EMERGING ROLES OF MNCS""; ""COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY""