Paul Hirst (deceased) was Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck, University of London.Grahame Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the Open University. Simon Bromley is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University.

Acclaim for previous edition:"Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson offer one of the best and most iconoclastic attempts yet at mapping the new global economy." Will Hutton, The Observer "A timely and critical study of the current discussion about the nature and prospects of a global economy." Business Horizons

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter One Introduction: The Contours of GlobalizationChapter Two Globalization and the History of the International EconomyChapter Three Multinational companies and the internationalization of business activityChapter Four Globalization and International CompetitivenessChapter Five Emerging Markets and the Advanced EconomiesChapter Six Supra-national Regionalization or GlobalizationChapter Seven General Governance IssuesChapter Eight Globalization, Governance and the Nation StateNotes for 3rd editionReferences

Paul Hirst (deceased) was Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck, University of London.Grahame Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the Open University. Simon Bromley is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University.

Acclaim for previous edition:"Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson offer one of the best and most iconoclastic attempts yet at mapping the new global economy." Will Hutton, The Observer "A timely and critical study of the current discussion about the nature and prospects of a global economy." Business Horizons

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter One Introduction: The Contours of GlobalizationChapter Two Globalization and the History of the International EconomyChapter Three Multinational companies and the internationalization of business activityChapter Four Globalization and International CompetitivenessChapter Five Emerging Markets and the Advanced EconomiesChapter Six Supra-national Regionalization or GlobalizationChapter Seven General Governance IssuesChapter Eight Globalization, Governance and the Nation StateNotes for 3rd editionReferences

Paul Hirst (deceased) was Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck, University of London.Grahame Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the Open University. Simon Bromley is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University.

Acclaim for previous edition:"Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson offer one of the best and most iconoclastic attempts yet at mapping the new global economy." Will Hutton, The Observer "A timely and critical study of the current discussion about the nature and prospects of a global economy." Business Horizons

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter One Introduction: The Contours of GlobalizationChapter Two Globalization and the History of the International EconomyChapter Three Multinational companies and the internationalization of business activityChapter Four Globalization and International CompetitivenessChapter Five Emerging Markets and the Advanced EconomiesChapter Six Supra-national Regionalization or GlobalizationChapter Seven General Governance IssuesChapter Eight Globalization, Governance and the Nation StateNotes for 3rd editionReferences