A.E. Safarian is a professor emeritus in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

• Chapter 1 – IntroductionDirect investment in the Canadian economyThe controversy about the international firmChapter 2 – The Statistical Background to the studyThe nature of the interviews and questionnaireComparisons of respondent firms with all direct investment companiesCross-classifications of the variablesChapter 3 – The Managers and Their PowersThe senior executivesThe board of directorsThe management or executive committeeOther methods of maintaining contact with the affiliateThe delegation of powersThe degree of decentralization of responsibilityThe degree of supervisionChapter 4 – The Exports of Subsidiary CompaniesThe evidence on private international trade restrictionThe export pattern of direct investment companiesThe nature of the export sales organizationThe effect of affiliation on exportsExternal pressures on foreign-owned firmsChapter 5 – The Imports of Subsidiary CompaniesThe import pattern of direct investment companiesPolicy and organization with regard to purchasingThe effect of affiliation on purchasesChapter 6 – The Transfer of KnowledgeThe performance of research by the respondent companiesThe nature of the Canadian research programsAccess to the parent's knowledgeChapter 7 – Comparative Costs of ProductionUnit production costs compared with affiliatesBroader issues regarding efficiencyChapter 8 – The Pattern of Ownership and FinanceThe ownership of voting stockSources of fundsPayment of dividendsThe United States guidelines programChapter 9 – Nationality of Ownership and Performance of the FirmDegrees of foreign ownership and performanceThe nature of the resident-owned firms in this studySenior personnelMarketing and purchasingResearch and developmentOwnership and financeFurther tests of difference regarding performanceChapter 10 – Concluding CommentsAppendicesA – Additional tables by country of controlB – Questionnaires and letters to non-resident owned and resident-owned companiesBibliographyIndex

A.E. Safarian is a professor emeritus in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

• Chapter 1 – IntroductionDirect investment in the Canadian economyThe controversy about the international firmChapter 2 – The Statistical Background to the studyThe nature of the interviews and questionnaireComparisons of respondent firms with all direct investment companiesCross-classifications of the variablesChapter 3 – The Managers and Their PowersThe senior executivesThe board of directorsThe management or executive committeeOther methods of maintaining contact with the affiliateThe delegation of powersThe degree of decentralization of responsibilityThe degree of supervisionChapter 4 – The Exports of Subsidiary CompaniesThe evidence on private international trade restrictionThe export pattern of direct investment companiesThe nature of the export sales organizationThe effect of affiliation on exportsExternal pressures on foreign-owned firmsChapter 5 – The Imports of Subsidiary CompaniesThe import pattern of direct investment companiesPolicy and organization with regard to purchasingThe effect of affiliation on purchasesChapter 6 – The Transfer of KnowledgeThe performance of research by the respondent companiesThe nature of the Canadian research programsAccess to the parent's knowledgeChapter 7 – Comparative Costs of ProductionUnit production costs compared with affiliatesBroader issues regarding efficiencyChapter 8 – The Pattern of Ownership and FinanceThe ownership of voting stockSources of fundsPayment of dividendsThe United States guidelines programChapter 9 – Nationality of Ownership and Performance of the FirmDegrees of foreign ownership and performanceThe nature of the resident-owned firms in this studySenior personnelMarketing and purchasingResearch and developmentOwnership and financeFurther tests of difference regarding performanceChapter 10 – Concluding CommentsAppendicesA – Additional tables by country of controlB – Questionnaires and letters to non-resident owned and resident-owned companiesBibliographyIndex

A.E. Safarian is a professor emeritus in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

• Chapter 1 – IntroductionDirect investment in the Canadian economyThe controversy about the international firmChapter 2 – The Statistical Background to the studyThe nature of the interviews and questionnaireComparisons of respondent firms with all direct investment companiesCross-classifications of the variablesChapter 3 – The Managers and Their PowersThe senior executivesThe board of directorsThe management or executive committeeOther methods of maintaining contact with the affiliateThe delegation of powersThe degree of decentralization of responsibilityThe degree of supervisionChapter 4 – The Exports of Subsidiary CompaniesThe evidence on private international trade restrictionThe export pattern of direct investment companiesThe nature of the export sales organizationThe effect of affiliation on exportsExternal pressures on foreign-owned firmsChapter 5 – The Imports of Subsidiary CompaniesThe import pattern of direct investment companiesPolicy and organization with regard to purchasingThe effect of affiliation on purchasesChapter 6 – The Transfer of KnowledgeThe performance of research by the respondent companiesThe nature of the Canadian research programsAccess to the parent's knowledgeChapter 7 – Comparative Costs of ProductionUnit production costs compared with affiliatesBroader issues regarding efficiencyChapter 8 – The Pattern of Ownership and FinanceThe ownership of voting stockSources of fundsPayment of dividendsThe United States guidelines programChapter 9 – Nationality of Ownership and Performance of the FirmDegrees of foreign ownership and performanceThe nature of the resident-owned firms in this studySenior personnelMarketing and purchasingResearch and developmentOwnership and financeFurther tests of difference regarding performanceChapter 10 – Concluding CommentsAppendicesA – Additional tables by country of controlB – Questionnaires and letters to non-resident owned and resident-owned companiesBibliographyIndex