Multinational enterprises have played a crucial role in postwar international economic integration. This important book provides wide-ranging new evidence on their role in globalising the service sector - especially financial services - in establishing international networks of R & D and in developing trade and investment linkages in Asia.

Preface - Acknowledgements - Introduction; M.Casson - Western Joint Ventures in China; M.Casson & J.Zheng - Western Multinationals in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry; M.Casson & S.Singh - International Business Strategies in the European Service Sector: A Comparative Study; J-P.Esperanca - The Impact of Multinational Banks on International Financial Centres; P.Campayne - Global Integration through the Decentralisation of R & D; M.Casson, R.D.Pearce & S.Singh - Cultural Determinants of Corporate Excellence in an Integrated World Economy: The Impact of National Cultures on Organisational Performance; C.Nicolaidis - The Prospects for European Investment in LDSc; A.Webster - Bibliography - Index