Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. He previously taught at the universities of Cambridge and Reading, and at the London School of Economics, in the U.K. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on the history of international business, including British Multinational Banking 1830-1990 (OUP 1993) and Merchants to Multinationals (OUP 2000). He is a former President of both the European Business History Association and the Business History Conference of the United States, is co-editor of the journal Business History Review, and editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Business History.

Jones's book is very useful, both as an introduction to the business scholarship on multinationals and as a very accessible text...I would declare it a great success.

• PART I: FRAMEWORKS ; 1. Concepts ; 2. Multinationals and Globalization ; PART II: EXPLOITING OPPORTUNITIES ; 3. Natural Resources ; 4. Manufacturing ; 5. Services ; PART III: BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS ; 6. Crossing Borders ; 7. Managing Multinationals ; PART IV: EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ; 8. Public Policy ; PART V: OUTCOMES ; 9. Multinationals and Home Economies ; 10. Engines of Growth? ; 11. Conclusions ; APPENDICES ; Appendix I The world's top fifty non-financial multinationals, ranked by foreign assets, 2001 ; Appendix 2 Glossary ; Appendix 3 Time Line

Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. He previously taught at the universities of Cambridge and Reading, and at the London School of Economics, in the U.K. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on the history of international business, including British Multinational Banking 1830-1990 (OUP 1993) and Merchants to Multinationals (OUP 2000). He is a former President of both the European Business History Association and the Business History Conference of the United States, is co-editor of the journal Business History Review, and editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Business History.

Jones's book is very useful, both as an introduction to the business scholarship on multinationals and as a very accessible text...I would declare it a great success.

• PART I: FRAMEWORKS ; 1. Concepts ; 2. Multinationals and Globalization ; PART II: EXPLOITING OPPORTUNITIES ; 3. Natural Resources ; 4. Manufacturing ; 5. Services ; PART III: BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS ; 6. Crossing Borders ; 7. Managing Multinationals ; PART IV: EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ; 8. Public Policy ; PART V: OUTCOMES ; 9. Multinationals and Home Economies ; 10. Engines of Growth? ; 11. Conclusions ; APPENDICES ; Appendix I The world's top fifty non-financial multinationals, ranked by foreign assets, 2001 ; Appendix 2 Glossary ; Appendix 3 Time Line

Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. He previously taught at the universities of Cambridge and Reading, and at the London School of Economics, in the U.K. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on the history of international business, including British Multinational Banking 1830-1990 (OUP 1993) and Merchants to Multinationals (OUP 2000). He is a former President of both the European Business History Association and the Business History Conference of the United States, is co-editor of the journal Business History Review, and editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Business History.

Jones's book is very useful, both as an introduction to the business scholarship on multinationals and as a very accessible text...I would declare it a great success.

• PART I: FRAMEWORKS ; 1. Concepts ; 2. Multinationals and Globalization ; PART II: EXPLOITING OPPORTUNITIES ; 3. Natural Resources ; 4. Manufacturing ; 5. Services ; PART III: BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS ; 6. Crossing Borders ; 7. Managing Multinationals ; PART IV: EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ; 8. Public Policy ; PART V: OUTCOMES ; 9. Multinationals and Home Economies ; 10. Engines of Growth? ; 11. Conclusions ; APPENDICES ; Appendix I The world's top fifty non-financial multinationals, ranked by foreign assets, 2001 ; Appendix 2 Glossary ; Appendix 3 Time Line