Oxford Scholarship Online: Multinationals and Global Capitalism

Multinationals and Global Capitalism From the Nineteenth to the Twenty First Century Jones, Geoffrey Professor of Business Administration, Department of Entrepreneurial Management, Harvard Business School Print publication date: 2004 (this edition) Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2005 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927209-9 doi:10.1093/0199272093.003.0009
9 Multinationals and home economies Geoffrey Jones This chapter examines the relationship between multinationals and their home economies. It looks at the long-term differences between the firms of different nationalities in their propensities to invest, and the geographical and sectoral distribution of their investments. The issue of whether nationality still matters is discussed. Keywords: multinationals, home economies, investments, nationality, doi:10.1093/0199272093.003.0009