Multinational enterprises, development and globalisation: Some clarifications and a research agenda

Narula, Rajneesh and Dunning, John (2009). Multinational enterprises, development and globalisation: Some clarifications and a research agenda. UNU-MERIT.

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  • Author Narula, Rajneesh
    Dunning, John
    Title Multinational enterprises, development and globalisation: Some clarifications and a research agenda
    Publication Date 2009
    Publisher UNU-MERIT
    Abstract This paper revisits an earlier contribution (Narula and Dunning 2000) and considers how economic globalisation has changed the nature of the MNE, MNE motivations, the MNE subsidiary and the modalities by which they interact with domestic economic actors. Most developing countries, however, have responded reactively. We discuss how the opportunities and challenges for developing countries in following an MNE-assisted development strategy have changed over the last decade. The growing share of industrial activity owned and controlled by MNEs does not always result in a proportional increase in development effects, because individual MNE establishments have different potential for externalities. Concatenation is important: when stage-inappropriate MNE activities are established, crowding-out or regulatory capture is a likely outcome. We highlight the need for systematically linking MNE and industrial policies, but differently than in the import-substitution era. Attracting the ‘rights kind’ of MNE activity remains important, but the greater heterogeneity requires more customisation of policy tools. Lastly, we warn of the dangers of underestimating the social and political costs of structural adjustment and rapid institutional change associated with globalization.
    Keyword FDI
    Spillovers
    Industrial policy
    Governments
    Development
    WTO
    Globalization
    Developing countries
    Liberalization
    JEL F23
    O14
    O19
    Copyright Holder UNU-MERIT
    Copyright Year 2009
    ISSN 1871-9872
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