Mauro F. Guillen holds the Dr Felix Zandman Endowed Professorship in International Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Fundacion Rafael del Pino Chair, which funded this research. An expert on globalization and on the multinational firm, he is a visiting faculty at Instituto de Empresa, Guggenheim fellow and Member in the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Review of the hardback: 'This fascinating book constitutes the best documented and richest analysis to date of the economic, social and political causes and repercussions for both Spain and Europe of the rise of the Spanish multinational firm. Of great value not just to readers interested in the Spanish economy but also to all those who want to better understand the process of globalization.' José Viñals, Director General, Bank of Spain

• Preface; 1. Spanish firms come of age; 2. The nature of the multinational firm; Part I. The Process: 3. The family-controlled and worker-owned multinationals; 4. Deregulation, oligopolistic competition, and internationalization; 5. The Spanish banks go global; Part II. The Consequences: 6. Spain's new financial role in the global economy; 7. Foreign policy and international stature; 8. Spain's enduring image problem; 9. Public opinion, the labor unions, and the multinationals; 10. Europe, Spain, and the future of its multinational firms; Appendix: data and sources; Bibliography; Photographs; Index.

Mauro F. Guillen holds the Dr Felix Zandman Endowed Professorship in International Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Fundacion Rafael del Pino Chair, which funded this research. An expert on globalization and on the multinational firm, he is a visiting faculty at Instituto de Empresa, Guggenheim fellow and Member in the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Review of the hardback: 'This fascinating book constitutes the best documented and richest analysis to date of the economic, social and political causes and repercussions for both Spain and Europe of the rise of the Spanish multinational firm. Of great value not just to readers interested in the Spanish economy but also to all those who want to better understand the process of globalization.' José Viñals, Director General, Bank of Spain

• Preface; 1. Spanish firms come of age; 2. The nature of the multinational firm; Part I. The Process: 3. The family-controlled and worker-owned multinationals; 4. Deregulation, oligopolistic competition, and internationalization; 5. The Spanish banks go global; Part II. The Consequences: 6. Spain's new financial role in the global economy; 7. Foreign policy and international stature; 8. Spain's enduring image problem; 9. Public opinion, the labor unions, and the multinationals; 10. Europe, Spain, and the future of its multinational firms; Appendix: data and sources; Bibliography; Photographs; Index.

Mauro F. Guillen holds the Dr Felix Zandman Endowed Professorship in International Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Fundacion Rafael del Pino Chair, which funded this research. An expert on globalization and on the multinational firm, he is a visiting faculty at Instituto de Empresa, Guggenheim fellow and Member in the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Review of the hardback: 'This fascinating book constitutes the best documented and richest analysis to date of the economic, social and political causes and repercussions for both Spain and Europe of the rise of the Spanish multinational firm. Of great value not just to readers interested in the Spanish economy but also to all those who want to better understand the process of globalization.' José Viñals, Director General, Bank of Spain

• Preface; 1. Spanish firms come of age; 2. The nature of the multinational firm; Part I. The Process: 3. The family-controlled and worker-owned multinationals; 4. Deregulation, oligopolistic competition, and internationalization; 5. The Spanish banks go global; Part II. The Consequences: 6. Spain's new financial role in the global economy; 7. Foreign policy and international stature; 8. Spain's enduring image problem; 9. Public opinion, the labor unions, and the multinationals; 10. Europe, Spain, and the future of its multinational firms; Appendix: data and sources; Bibliography; Photographs; Index.