The Rise of the Global Company: Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World

by Robert Fitzgerald

Book Overview

This is the first full account of how an influential form of commercial organization - the multinational enterprise - drove globalization and contributed to the making of the modern world. Robert Fitzgerald explores the major role of multinational enterprises in the events of world history, from the nineteenth century to the present, revealing how the growth of businesses that operated across borders contributed to an unprecedented worldwide transformation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521614961
• ISBN13: 9780521614962
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 636 Pages
• Weight: 4.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"