The Multinational Corporation in World Affairs

International Relations 446

T & Th: 4:10 – 5:50, HSS 107

Spring 2003

 

Instructor: A. Y. Yansané, Ph.D.

 

 

Office: HUM 224 Hours: T & Thu 9-10am & by appt.

Office: Phone: 338-2495 Fax: 338-2880

e-mail: aymouke@sfsu.edu

Website: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~aymouke .

 

 

 

I. INTRODUCTION: SCOPE, CONTENT AND EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is aimed at describing, interpreting and evaluating the interactions between Transnational Corporations (TNCs) or their affiliates and the business, economic, political and social development of the countries (in which they operate) especially developing countries in Africa, Asia, South and Central America.

The structure of the course will include the description and growth of the modern TNC and its role in the international economy, the evaluation of the interactions between TNCs and developing countries; the organization; the examination of the ways in which modern TNCs are organized; the structure of decision taking; the impact of TNCs on various areas of the development process, on the foreign policy of industrial and developing nations from the viewpoint of the host country; the reactions of individual nation states towards TNCs and the policy options open to them to ensure that TNCs behavior is consistent with national goals. In sum TNCs process of planning, organizing, controlling policies, building capacity, transferring technology and management functions will be examined and analyzed.

The first objective of the course is to become familiar with and understand the activities and operations of global business firms.

The second objective is to develop analytical skills enabling students to react critically, and in a relatively detached manner, to the impact of the global business firms on communities, societies, countries and governments.

The third objective is to analyze and evaluate several writings, essays, and documents written by experts and practitioners.

This course draws upon business, economic, political, sociological and policy oriented (logistic) materials.

II. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

This course is offered for four units. There will be four hours of lecture and discussion per week. Discussions are an integral part of the course. Sometimes there will be guest lecturers. Students will be evaluated on their performance in brief exams, a mid-term, a final exam, the discussions of the assigned readings, and individual book reviews or term papers. The objectives of the course are to be reached in large measure by extensive reading and class discussions.

The first two brief exams will cover the readings and lecture materials. Each student will write one research paper (approximately 15-20 pages) on a topic of his/her choice, to be cleared by the instructor before the beginning of the second week of the semester.

A student can also choose (instead of the term paper) three book reviews to be devoted to a topic linked to one of the themes of the course. The three books must be cleared with the instructor before the beginning of the second week of the semester. The first review is due on February 20th, the second review on March 20th, and the third review on April 19th.

The two brief exams will constitute 40% of the course grade. They will be in the 6th and 10th weeks of class. The three book reviews or final paper will constitute 50% of the grade. Class participation will make the remaining 10%. Movies and audio-visual documentaries will be shown in class and students will be expected to bring the reviews at the coming class meeting. These all count in class participation.

 

III. REQUIRED READINGS

 

1. Fred Maidment (FM), Editor, International Business, (Fourth Edition) Sluice Dock, Guilford CN: The Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc., 2000/2001.

2a. Peter Dicken (PD), Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity, NY: The Guilford Press, 1992.

or

2b. United Nations (UN1), Small and Medium Sized Transnational Corporations: Role, Impact, Policy Implications, NY: United Nations, 1993.

or

2c. United Nations (UN2), Transnational Corporations from Developing Countries: Impact on their Home Countries, NY: United Nations, 1993.

or

2d. United Nations (UN3), Transnational Corporations & Technology Transfer, NY: United Nations, 1995.

or

2e. K. Kumar, Multinational Enterprises in India, London: Routledge, 1990.

3a. William C. Taylor (WCT), Going Global, Penguin, 1997.

or

3b. Jagdish Bhagwati (JB), Protectionism, The MIT Press, 1995.

or

3c. Anne C. Krieger (ACK), Trade Policies & Developing Nations, The Brookings Institution, 1995.

or

3d. Pradeep K. Mitra, Adjustment in Oil Developing Countries, Cambridge University Press, 1994.

 

BOOKS OF GENERAL INTEREST

 

1. Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000, NY: Random House, 1988.

2. Paul Kennedy, Preparing for the 21st Century, NY: Random House, 1993.

3. Jeffrey A. Harf, Rival Capitalists International Competitiveness in the United States, Japan and Western Europe, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992.

4. Joel Kotkin, Tribes: How Race, Religion and Identity Determine Success in the Global Economy, NY: Random House, 1992.

5. Lawrence E. Harrison, Who Prospers: How Cultural Values Shape Economic and Political Success, NY: Basic Books, 1992.

6. Lester Thurow, Head to Head: The Coming Battle Among Japan, Europe and America, NY: A Time Warner Co., 1993.

7. Joseph Nye, Jr., Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power, Scranton, PA: Basic Books/Harper Collins, 1991.

8. Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man, NY: Basic Books, 1992.

9. Peter Drucker, Post-Capitalist Society, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993

10. Robert Reich, The Work of Nations, New York, Vintage Books, 1991

 

TEXTS FOR BOOK REVIEWS

 

First Set of Book Reviews

  1. B. Lanvin, Trading in a New World Order: The Impact of Telecommunications and Data Services on International Trade in Services, Boulder and Oxford: Westview Press, 1993
  2. H. James and M. Weidenbaum, When Business Cross International Borders: Strategic Alliances and their Alternatives, Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993
  3. M. Kotabe, Global Sourcing Strategy: R & D, Manufacturing and Marketing Interface, Greenwich, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993
  4. R. Moran & J. Reisenberger, The Global Challenge: Building the New Worldwide Enterprise, London: McGraw Hill Book Company Europe, 1994
  5. T. Howell (Ed.), Conflict Among Nations: Trade Policies in the 1990s, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992
  6. Michael Hammer & James Champy, Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993
  7. P. Hawkins, The Ecology of Commerce, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993
  8. S. P. Sethi, Multinational Corporations and the Impact of Public Advocacy on Corporate Strategy: Nestle’ and the Infant Formula Controversy, Boston: Kluwer Academic Press, 1994
  9. K. Miyashita & D. Russel, Keiretsu: Inside the Hidden Japanese Conglomerates, New York: McGraw Hill, Inc. 1994
  10. J. Naisbett, Global Paradox, New York: Morrow & Co., 1994
  11. D. Reid, Sustainable Development: An Introductory Guide, Covelo, CA: Island Press, Earthean 1995
  12. D. Pearce and D. Moran, The Economic Value of Biodiversity, Covelo, CA: Island Press, Earthean 1994
  13. S. Fankhauser, Valuing Climate Change: The Economics of the Greenhouse Effect, Covelo, CA: Island Press, Earthean 1994
  14. C. Jepma, Tropical Deforestation: A Socio-economic Approach, Covelo, CA: Island Press, Earthean 1994
  15. W. K. Reilly (Ed.), Environmental Strategy in America 1994/95: The Way Forward, Charlotte, Vermont: The Camden Publishers Ltd, 1994
  16. Stephen Schmidherny with the Business Council for Sustainable Development, Changing Course: A Global Business Perspective on Development and the Environment, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1992
  17. P. Hawkin, The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability, New York: Harper Collins, 1993
  18. The Conservation Fund, Inside the Environmental Movement: Meeting the Leadership Challenge, Covelo, CA: Island Press, TCF, 1992
  19. H. Daly and K. Townsend (Eds.), Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993

 

  1. K. Fisher & J. Schot (Eds.), Environmental Strategies for Industry: International Perspectives on Research Needs and Policy Implications, Covelo, CA: Island Press, 1993
  2. "Focus Issue: Corporate Environmentalism", Columbia Journal of World Business, Vol. 28, no. 3 & 4, 1992
  3. R. Moran and J. Riesenberger, The Global Challenge: Building the New Worldwide Enterprise, London: McGraw Hill Book Company Europe, 1994
  4. Europe 1992, The Single Market, Brussels: Ernest & Whinney, 1992
  5. J. Ryans & A. Pradeep, Marketing Strategies for the New Europe: A North American Perspective on 1992, Chicago: American Marketing Association, 1990
  6. F. Trompenaara, Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business, Chicago: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1994
  7. J. Collins & J. Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, New York: Harper Business, 1994
  8. J. Matcower and Business for Social Responsibility, Beyond the Bottomline: Putting Social Responsibility to Work for your Business and the World, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994
  9. S. Humes, Managing the Multinational: Confronting the Global-Social Dilemma, London: Prentice Hall International, 1993
  10. Tom Chappel, The Soul of a Business, New York: Bantam Press, 1993
  11. T. Burke & P. Knight (eds.), Environmental Strategy Europe 1993: Delivering Sustainable Development, Charlotte, Vermont: Camden Publishing Ltd., 1993
  12. F. Cairncross, Costing the Earth, Cambridge, MA.: Harvard Business School HBS, 1991
  13. F. Cairncross, Green Ink: A Guide to Environment, Covelo, CA: Island Press, Earthean, 1995
  14. A. Glyn & V. Bhaskar (Eds.), The North, the South and Environment, Covelo, CA: Island Press, Earthean, 1995
  15. D. Reid, Sustainable Development: An Introductory Guide, Covelo, CA: Island Press, Earthean, 1995
  16. E. D. Wilson, The Diversity of Life, New York & London: Norton, 1993
  17. J. Vanden Bergh & J. Vander Straaten, Toward Sustainable Development: Concepts, Methods & Policies, Covelo, CA: Island Press, 1994
  18. J. C. White (Ed.), Global Energy Strategies: Living with Restructured Greenhouse Emissions, NY: Plenum Press, 1993
  19. B. Smart (Ed.), Beyond Compliance: A New Industry View of the Environment, Washington DC: World Resources Institute, 1994
  20. Russell L. Ackoff, The Democratic Corporation, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994
  21. Tetsuo ABO, Hybrid Factory: The Japanese Production System in the US, NY: Oxford University, 1994.
  22. Margaret M. Blair, Ownership & Control: Rethinking Corporate Governance for the 21st Century, Washington DC: Porootang INSH, 1995.
  23. Ronald S. Burt, Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition, Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1992.
  24. John R. Danley, The Role of the Modern Corporation in a Free Society, Notre Dame, IN: Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 1994.
  25. Lloyd Dumas, The Socio- Economics of Conversion from War to Peace, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1995.
  26. John Kay, Why Firms Succeed: Choosing Markets and Challenging Competitors, NY: Oxford Univ., 1995.
  27. Jeffrey Henderson, The Globalization of High Technology Production, London & NY: Routledge, 1989.
  28. Tom Forrester, Silicon Samurai: How Japan Conquered the World Industry, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1993.
  29. William C. Frederick, Values, Nature and Culture in the American Corporation, NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
  30. David L. Levine, Reinventing the Workplace: How Business & Employees Can Both Win, Washington DC, 1995.
  31. Victoria Matthew, Cash, Crisis & Corporate Governing: The Role of National Financial Systems in Industrial Restructuring, Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 1995.
  32. Anna Lee Saxenia, Regional Advantage: Culture & Competition in Silicon Valley & Route 128, Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1994.
  33. Richard M. Coughlin (Ed.), Morality, Rationality & Efficiency: New Perspectives on Socio-Economic Development, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1995.
  34. Anita Etzeoni & Paul Lawrence (Ed.), Socio-Economics: Towards a New Synthesis, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1994.
  35. Sven-Erik Sjostrand (Ed.), Institutional Change: Theory & Empirical Findings, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1994.
  36. Pierre Guillet de Monthonx, The Moral Philosophy of Management, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1993.
  37. Brian Forst (Ed.), The Socio-Economics of Crime & Justice, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1993.
  38. Beat Burgenmeier (Ed.), Economy, Environment & Technology, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1993.
  39. Iruherh Nonatea, Hirotaka Takenchi, The Knowledge Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamic of Innovation, NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
  40. Alan V. Deardoeff & Robert M. Stern (Ed.), Analytical and Negotiating Issues in the Global Trading System, Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 1994.
  41. Howard Cox, Jeremy Clegg and Grazia Letto-Gillies (Eds.), The Growth of Global Business, London & NY: Routledge, 1993.
  42. John H. Dunning, The Globalization if Business, London & NY: Routledge, 1993.

 

TEXTS FOR BOOK REVIEWS

Second Set of Book Reviews

  1. John Esposito, (ed.), Political Islam: Revolution, Radicalism or Reform, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997.
  2. Victor Bulmer Thomas (ed.), The New Economic Model in Latin American and Its Impact on Income Distribution & Poverty, New York: St. Martin Press, 1996.
  3. Christopher b. Barrett & Jeffrey W. Cason, Overseas Research: A Practical Guide, Baltimore & London: John Hopkins University Press, 1997.
  4. Sylvia Maxfield, Gatekeepers of Growth: The International Political Economy of Central Banking in Developing Countries, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997.
  5. Rachel Sieder, Central America: Fragile Transition, New York: St. Martin Press, 1996.
  6. Lisa Lowe & David Lloyd, The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital, Duham, NC: Duke University Press, 1997.
  7. Nelson W. Keith, Reframing International Development: Globalization, Postmodernity and Difference, London: Sage, 1997.
  8. Jeffrey W. Dubin, Decentering the Regime: Ethnicity, Radicalism and Democracy in Yuchitan, Mexico, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1997.
  9. Andrew Moravisik, The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht, New York: Cornell University Press, 1998.
  10. Stephen D. Krasner, Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.
  11. Peter Beiton, Hiroshi Kimura & I. William Zaitmand (eds.), International Negotiation: Actors, Structures/Process, Values, New York: St. Martin Press, 1999.
  12. Cecelia Lynch, Beyond Appeasement: Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics, Thaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1999.
  13. David J. Saari, Global Corporations & Sovereign Nations: Collison or Cooperation? Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1999.
  14. W.H. Arent and Hal Hill (eds.), Southeast Asia’s Economic Crisis Origin Lesson 5 and the Way Forward, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Studies, 1999.
  15. Robin Cohen & Sherin M. Rai (Eds.), Global Social Movements, London & New Brunswick, NJ: The Athlon Press, 2000.
  16. Ken Worpole (Ed.), Richer Futures: Fashioning New Politics, London: Earthscan Publications, 1999.
  17. Saral Sarkar, EcoSocialism or Eco-Capitalism? A Critical Analysis of Humanity’s Fundamental Choices, London and New York: Zed Books, 1999.
  18. Mohamed Suliman (ed.), Ecology Politics & violent Conflict, London and New York: Zed Books, 1999.
  19. M. Honari & T. Boleyn (Eds.), Health Ecology, Health Culture and Human-Environment Interaction, London & New York: Routledge, 1999.
  20. TiiaRiita Granfelt (Ed.), Managing Globalized Environment: Local Strategies to Secure Livelihoods, London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1999.
  21. Bruno Frey, Not Just for Money: An Economic Theory of Pe__nal Motivation, Chellenham, UK: Edward/Elgarddddd, 1997.
  22. Gerard E. D’Souza and Tesla G. Gebre-Medhin (Eds.), Sustainability in Agricultural & Rural Development, London: Ashgate Publishing, 1998.
  23. L.S. Benton & J.R. Short (Eds.), Environmental Discourse and practice: A Reader, London: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.
  24. K. McGuffie and A. Henderson-Sellers, A Climate Modeling Primer, Chichesler, UK: J. Wiley & Sons (2nd Edition), 1997.
  25. Vincent J. Cornell, Realm of the Saint: Power & Authority in Moroccan Sufism, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998.
  26. Laurel a. Brand, Women, the State and Political Liberalization: Middle Eastern & North African Experience, New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
  27. Wim Stokhoff and Paul van der Velde (Eds.), ASEM (The Asia-Europe Meeting): A. Window of Opportunity, New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
  28. Karl D. Jackson (Ed.), Assian Contagion: The Causes and Consequences of a Financial Crisis, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, Inc., 1999.
  29. Grahame Thompson (Ed.), Economic Dynamism in the Asia-Pacific: The Growth of Integration and Competitiveness, London & New York: Routledge, 1998.
  30. Selig S. Harrison & Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr., Asia After the "Miracle": Redefining US Economic and Security Priorities, Washington, DC: The Economic Strategy Institute, 1999.
  31. Roger Goodman, Gordon White & Huck-Ju Kwon (Eds.), The East Asian Welfare Model: Welfare Orientalism and the State, New York: Routledge, 1998.
  32. Hiroshi Shimizu & Hitochi Hirakawa, Japan & Singapore in the World Economy: Japan’s Economic Advance into Singapore, 1870-1965, London & New York: Routledge, 1999.
  33. Bruce Gilley, Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zumin & China’s New Elite, London & Berkeley, UC Press, 1998.
  34. Robert Gardella, Jane K. Leonard & Andrea McElderry (Eds.), Chinese Business History: Interpretive Trends and Priorities for the Future, New York: Armak & M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1998.
  35. Jae Ho Chung, Cities in China: Recipes for Economic Development in the Reform Era, London & New York: Routledge, 1999.
  36. Colin Hunt, Pacific Development Sustained: Policy for Pacific Environments, Camberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, 1998.
  37. Fleming Christiansen & Lhang Junzuo (Eds.), Village Inc.: Chinese Rural Society in the 1990s, York, PA: Naple Press, 1998.
  38. Junhao Hone, The Internationalization of Television in China: The Evolution of Ideology, Society and Media Since the Reform, Westport, CN: Praeger, 1998.
  39. Bob Hodge & Kam Louie, The Politics of Chinese Language & Culture: The Art of Reading Dragons, New York: Routledge, 1998.
  40. Gerald A. McBeath, Wealth and Freedom: Taiwan’s New Political Economy, Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co., 1998.
  41. J.A.A. Stokwin, Governing Japan: Divided Politics in a Major Economy (third Edition), Malden, MA: _____, 1999.
  42. John Creighton Campbell & Naoki Ikegami, The Art of Balance in Health Policy: Maintaining Japan’s Low Cost, Egalitarian System, New York: Cambridge Press, 1998.
  43. Fred H. Kuelman, Every Life is a Story: The Social Relations of Science Ecology and Peace, Montreal, Canada: Black Rose Books, 1999.
  44. Nick Middleton (Ed.), The Global Casino: An Introduction to Environmental Issues, London: Arnold (Hodder Headline Group), 1999.
  45. Amil Agarwal, et al., Green Politics: Global Environmental Negotiations, Part 1, New Delhi: India: Center for Science & Environment, 1999.
  46. Ian R. Calder, The Blue Revolution: Land Use and Integrated Water Mangement, London: Earthscan Publications, Limited, 1999.
  47. Ralph Schmidt, et al., Forest to Fight Poverty: Creating National Strategies, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999.
  48. Brysk, Alison, From Tribal Village to Global Village: Indian Rights and International Relations in Latin America. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000.
  49. Henderson, James D., Helen Delpar, and Maurice P. Brungardt. A Reference Guide to Latin American History. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2000.
  50. Holden, Robert H., and Eric Zolov, (eds.), Latin America and the United States; A Documentary History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  51. Lopez-Alevs, Fernando, State Formation and Democracy in Latin America, 1810-1900. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000.
  52. McCreery , David, The Sweat of Their Brow; A History of Work in Latin America. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2000.
  53. Moreno, Alejandro, Political Cleavages; Issues, Parties, and the Consolidation of Democracy. Boulder: Westview Press, 1999.
  54. Payne, Leigh A, Uncivil Movements; The Armed Right Wing and Democracy in Latin America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
  55. Petersen, Douglas, Not By Might Nor by Power; A Pentecostal Theology of Social Concern in Latin America. Oxford: Regnom, 1996,
  56. Prillaman, William C., The Judiciary and Democratic Decay in Latin America; Declining Confidence in the Rule of Law. Westport: Praeger, 2000.
  57. Judith Ewell, Venezuela and the United States: From Monroe's Hemisphere to Petroleum's Empire. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996.
  58. Richard S. Hillman, Democracy for the Privileged: Crisis and Transition in Venezuela. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1994.
  59. Jennifer McCoy, Andres Serbin, William C. Smith, and Andres Stambouli, Venezuelan Democracy Under Stress, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1995.
  60. Van Cott, Donna Lee, The Friendly Liquidation of the Past: The Politics of Diversity in Latin America. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.
  61. Gomes, Mercio P., The Indians and Brazil [Os indios e o Brasil]. Translated by John W. Moon. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2000.
  62. Kingstone, Peter R. , and Timothy J .Power, (eds.), Democratic Brazil: Actors, Institutions, and Processes. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.
  63. Tulchin, Joseph S., and Ralph H. Espach,(eds.), Security in the Caribbean Basin: The Challenge of Regional Cooperation. Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 2000.
  64. Siavelis, Peter M., The President and Congress in Postauthoritarian Chile: Institutional Constraints to Democratic Consolidation. University Park: Penn State University Press, 2000.
  65. Diaz-Briquers, Sergio, and Jorge Pérez-López. Conquering Nature: The Environmental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.
  66. Ward, Peter M., and Victoria E. Rodriguez, with Enrique Cabrero Mendoza, New Federalism and State Government in Mexico: Bringing States Back In. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999.
  67. Hünefeldt, Christine, Liberalism in the Bedroom: Quarreling Spouses in Nineteenth-Century Lima. University Park: Penn State University Press, 2000.
  68. Klarén, Peter Flindell, Peru: Society and Nationhood in the Andes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  69. Berrios, Rubén, Contracting for Development: The Role of For-Profit Contractors in U.S. Foreign Development Assistance. Westport: Greenwood, 2000.
  70. Birdsall, Nancy, and Carol Graham, (eds.), New Markets, New Opportunities! Economic and Social Mobility in a Changing World. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2000.
  71. Eisendrath, Craig, (ed.), National Insecurity: U.S. Intelligence After the Cold War. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000.
  72. Hippel, Karin von, Democracy by Force: U.S. Military Intervention in the Post-Cold War World. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  73. Lister, Frederick K., The Early Security Confederations: From the Ancient Greeks to the United Colonies of New England. Westport: Greenwood, 1999.
  74. O'Hanlon, Michael, Technological Change and the Future of Warfare. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2000.
  75. Waisbord, Silvio, Watchdog Journalism in South America: News, Accountability, and Democracy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.
  76. Howe, Glenford D. (Ed.), Higher Education in the Caribbean: Past, Present, and Future Directions. Jamaica: University of West Indies Press, 2000.
  77. Paszyn, Danuta, The Soviet Attitude to Political and .Social Change in Central America, 1979-90: Case Studies on Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
  78. Cockcroft, James D. and Jane Carolina Canning, (eds.), Salvador Allende Reader: Chile’s Voice of Democracy. Melbourne: Ocean Press, 2000.
  79. Londregan, John B., Legislative Institutions and Ideology in Chile. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  80. Uribe-Uran, Victor M., Honorable Lives: Lawyers, Family, and Politics: Colombia, 1780-1850. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.
  81. Roman, Peter, People’s Power: Cuba’s Experience With Representative Government. Boulder: Westview Press, 1999.
  82. Roy, Joaquin, Cuba, the United States, and the Helms-Burton Doctrine of International Reactions. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.
  83. De la Torre, Carlos, Populist Seduction in Latin America: the Ecuadorian Experience. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2000
  84. Jonas, Susanne, Of Centaurs and Doves: Guatemala’s Peace Process. Boulder: Westview Press, 2000.
  85. Clifton, Judith, The Politics of Telecommunications in Mexico: Privatization and State-Labour Relations, 1982-95. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
  86. Loaeza, Soledad, El Partido Accion Nacional: la larga marcha, 1939-1994: oposicion leal y partido de protesta. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1999.
  87. Pezzoli, Keith, Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability: The Case of Mexico City. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998.
  88. Smith, Clint E., Inevitable Partnership: Understanding Mexico-U.S. Relations. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2000.
  89. Hanchard, Michael George, Orpheus and Power: The Movimento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1945-1988. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999
  90. Pollack, Marcelo, The New Right in Chile, 1973-97. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
  91. Rausch, Jane M., Colombia: Territorial Rule and the Llanos Frontier. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999.
  92. McCleary, Rachel M., Dictating Democracy: Guatemala and the End of Violent Revolution. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999.
  93. Gonzalez, Gilbert G., Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing Imperialist Politics in the American Southwest. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999.
  94. Metoyer, Cynthia Chavez, Women and the State in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua. Boulder. Lynne Rienner, 1999.
  95. Chambers, Sarah C., From Subjects to Citizens: Honor, Gender and Politics in Arequipa, Peru, 1780-1854. University Park: Penn State University Press, 1999.

 

 

Third Set of Book Reviews

  1. H. W. Spiegel, The Growth of Economic Thought, Durham, NC: Data Univ. Press, 1991.
  2. J. P. Womack, D. T. Jones and D, Roos, The Machine that Changed the World, NY: Rawson Assoc., 1990.
  3. A.D. Chandler, Scale and Scope, NY: Free Press, 1990.
  4. P. Krugman, The Age of Diminished Expectations, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990.
  5. A. Kixit and B. Nalebuff (Eds.), Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics and Everyday Life, NY: W. W. Norton, 1991.
  6. L. W. Tuller, Going Global: New Opportunities for Growing Companies to Compete on World Markets, Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin, 1991.
  7. D. Swann, The Economics of the Common Market, London: Penguin Books, 1990.
  8. C. Pavel & D. McElravey, Globalization in the Financial Services Industry, Chicago: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1990.
  9. D. K. Eiteman, A. I. Stonehill and M. H. Moffett, Multinational Business Finance, MA: Addison Wesley, 1992.
  10. C. A. Bartlett (Ed.), Transnational Management, Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1992.
  11. P. J. Dowling and R. S. Schuler, International Dimensions of Human Resource Management, Boston: P. S. Kent, 1990.
  12. United Nations, Global Partnership for Environment and Development: A Guide to Agenda 21, The Post Rio Edition, New York: United Nations, 1993.
  13. United Nations, Population, Environment and Development, New York: United Nations, 1994.
  14. United Nations, From the Common Market to EC92 Regional Economic Integration in the European Community and Transnational Corporations, New York: United Nations, 1993.
  15. United Nations, Transnational Corporations, Services and the Uruguay Round, New York: United Nations, 1990.
  16. United Nations, World Engineering Industries and Automation Performance and Prospects, New York: United Nations, 1994.
  17. Armijo, Leslie Elliot, (ed.), Financial Globalization and Democracy in Emerging Markets. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
  18. Coleman, William D., Financial Services, Globalization, and Domestic Policy Change. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
  19. Kahler, Miles, (ed.), Capital Flows and Financial Crises. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998.
  20. Pempel, T. J. (ed.), The Politics of the Asian Economic Crisis. Ithaca: CorneIl University Press, 1999.
  21. Birch, Melissa H., and Jerry Haar (eds.), The Impact of Privatization in the Americas. Coral Gables: North South Center Press, 2000.
  22. Franko, Patrice, The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.
  23. Jorge, Antonio, Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, and Bernadette West, (eds.), Capital Markets, Growth, and Economic Policy in Latin America. Westport: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  24. Manzetti, Luigi, Privatization South American Style. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  25. Manzetti, Luigi (ed.), Regulatory Policy in Latin America: Post-Privatization Realities. Coral Gables: North South Center Press, 2000.
  26. Pichon, Francisco J., Jorge E. Uquillas, and John Frechione (eds.), Traditional and Modern Natural Resource Management in Latin America. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.
  27. Frieden, Jeffrey, Manuel Pastor, Jr., and Michael Tomz, (eds.), Modern Political Economy and Latin America: Theory and Policy. Boulder: Westview Press, 2000.
  28. Garcia-Johnson, Ronie, Exporting Environmentalism: U.S. Multinational Chemical Corporations in Brazil and Mexico. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.
  29. Macario, Carla, Regis Bonelli, Adriaan ten Kate, and Gunnar Niels, Export Growth in Latin America: Policies and Performance. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2000.
  30. Mesa-Lago, Carmelo, Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies: Comparative Policy and Performance--Chile, Cuba, and Costa Rica. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2000.
  31. William Ascher, Why Governments Waste Natural Resources: Policy Failures in Developing Countries. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
  32. Nicolas Buclet and Olivier Godard, Municipal Waste Management in Europe: A Comparative Study in Building Regimes. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 1999.
  33. Thomas Davis, Sustaining the Forest, the People, and the Spirit. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000.
  34. Frank Fisher and Maarten A. Hajer, Living With Nature: Environmental Politics as Cultural Discourse. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  35. Richard F. Hirsch, Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System. Cambridge: MlT Press, 2000.
  36. Roger Jeffery and Nandini Sundar, A New Moral Economy for India's Forests? Discourse of Community and Participation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999.
  37. Joan M. Nelson, Reforming Health Education: The World Bank, The IDB, and Complex Institutional Change. Washington, DC: Overseas Development Council, 1999.
  38. Stephanie S. Pincetl, Transforming California: A Political History of Land Use and Development. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
  39. Denis Requier-Desjardins, Clive Spash, and Jan van der Straaten, Environmental Policy and Societal Aims. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 1999.
  40. Peter Huber, Hard Green: Saving the Environment From the Environmentalists (A Conservative Manifesto). New York: Basic Books, 1999.
  41. Richard Kiy and John Wirth, (eds.), Environmental Management on North America's Borders. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1998.
  42. Mary O'Brien, Making Better Environmental Decisions: An Alternative to Risk Assessment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000.
  43. Gary P. Sampson, Trade, Environment, and the WTO: The Post-Seattle Agenda. Washington, DC: Overseas Development Council, 2000.
  44. Vaclav Smil, Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000.
  45. Oran R. Young (ed.), The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Causal Connections and Behavioral Mechanisms. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999
  46. Lorinda R. Rowledge, Russel S. Barton, and Kevin S. Brady, Mapping the Journey: Case Studies in Strategy and Action Toward Sustainable Development. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf, 1999.
  47. Walter Wehrmeyer and Yacob Mulugetta, Growing Pains: Environmental Management in Developing Countries. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf, 1999.
  48. William Ascher, Why Governments Waste Natural Resources: Policy Failures in Developing Countries. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
  49. Ian Bateman and Kenneth Willis (eds.), Valuing Environmental Preferences: Theory and Practice of the Contingent Valuation Method in the US, EU, and Developing Countries. Oxford University Press, 1999.
  50. Chopra and Kadekodi, Operationalising Sustainable Development: Economic-Ecological Modeling for Developing Countries. Sage Publications, 1999.
  51. James Connelly and Graham Smith, Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice. Routledge, 1999.
  52. Foddy, Smithson, Schneider, and Hogg (eds.), Resolving Social Dilemmas: Dynamic Structural and Intergroup Aspects. Psychology Press, 1999.
  53. Kanbur, SandIer, and Morrison, The Future of Development Assistance: Common Pools and International Public Goods. Overseas Development Council, 1999.
  54. Kaul, Grunberg, and Stern (ed.), Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press, 1999.
  55. Schmidt, Berry, and Gordon (eds.), Forests to Fight Poverty. Yale University Press, 1999.
  56. Vig and Kraft, (eds.), Environmental Policy, 4th ed. CQ Press, 1999.
  57. Frank Ackerman, Neva R. Gallagher, Laurie Dougherty, and Kevin Gallagher (eds.), The Political Economy of Inequality. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000.
  58. J. Samuel Barkin and George E. Shambatigh (eds.), Anarchy and the Environment: The International Relations of Common Pool Resources. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999.
  59. Richard Butler, The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Crisis of Global Security. New York: Public Affairs, 2000.
  60. Michael M. Cernea and Christopher McDowell (eds.), Risks and Reconstruction: Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2000.
  61. James Connelly and Graham Smith, Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice. New York: Routledge,1999.
  62. Jill Ker Conway, Kenneth Keniston, and Leo Marx (eds.), Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Humanistic Studies of the Environment. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2000.
  63. Livio D. DeSimone and Frank Popoff, Eco-Efficiency: The Business Link to Sustainable Development. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000.
  64. Robin W. Doughty, The Eucalyptus: A Natural and Commercial History of the Gum Tree. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 200.
  65. Fernando Coronil, The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.
  66. Louis W. Goodman, J. Mendelson Forman, Moises Naim, Joseph Thlchin, and Gary Bland (eds.), Lessons of the Venezuelan Experience. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1995.
  67. Terry Lynn Karl, The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
  68. Oran Young (ed.), The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Causal Connections and Behavioral Mechanisms. MIT Press, 1999.
  69. Veltmeyer, Henry, and James Petras, The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
  70. Higgins, Kathleen J., "Licentious Liberty" in a Brazilian Gold-Mining Region: Slavery, Gender, and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Sabara, Minas Gerais. University Park: Penn State University Press, 2000.
  71. Haar, Jerry, and Anthony T. Bryan, Canadian-Caribbean Relations in Transition: Trade, Sustainable Development, and Security. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
  72. Ruben, Ruerd, and Johan Bastiaensen (eds.), Rural Development in Central America: Markets, Livelihoods, and Local Governance. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
  73. Edelman, Marc, Peasants Against Globalization: Rural Social Movements in Costa Rica. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
  74. Kosacoff, Bernardo (ed.), Corporate Strategies Under Structural Adjustment in Argentina: Responses by Industrial Firms to a New Set of Uncertainties. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
  75. Santos-Granero, Fernando, and Frederica Barclay, Tamed Frontiers: Economy, Society, and Civil Rights in Upper Amazonia. Boulder: Westview Press, 2000.
  76. Juliaa Buxton & Nicola Phillips (Eds.), Development in Latin Political Economy: States, Markets & Actors, Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1999.

 

IV. COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK 1

Reading: (FM)

Have an idea

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Management, Marketing, International Finance, Production

WEEK 2

Reading: (FM)

THE FOREIGN ENVIRONMENT

International Issues of the 21st Century

WEEK 3

Reading: (FM), or UN1 or UN2 or UN3

Reference Reading: M. Blomstrom & H. Persson, "Foreigh Investment & Spillover Efficiency in the Underdeveloped World," World Development, Vo. II, 1983.

THE TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (TNC)

NATURE, SCOPE & EFFECTS OF TNC ACTIVITY

WEEK 4

Reading: (FM)

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Marketing, International Finance, Production and 21ST Century Issues

 

WEEK 5

Reading: (PD), or UN1 or UN2 or UN3 or (KK)

Reference Reading: J.R. Behrman, "TNC, in the NIED," Journal of International Business Studies, Spring/Summer 1981;

William Dymsza, "Trends in Multinational Business & Global Environment: A Perspective," Journal of International Business Studies, Winter 1984;

Gerald Pollio & Charles Riemenschneider, " The Coming Third World Investment Boon," Harvard Business Review, March/April 1988.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TNC OPERATIONS

Global Shifts

WEEK 6

Reading: (PD), or UN1 or UN2 or UN3 or (KK)

Reference Reading: Pat Choate & Jayne Linger, "Tailored Trade: Dealing with the World as it Really Is," Harvard Business Review, January/February, 1988;

Paul Krugman, Is Free Trade Passé?" The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall, 1987; C. Fred Bergston, "The Second Debt Crisis is Coming," Challenge, Anniversary Issue, 1987;

Lorie Tarshis, "Disarming the Debt Bomb," Challenge, May/June, 1987.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE & INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL POLICY

INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS, INTERNATIONAL DEBT & EXCHANGE RATE DETERMINATION

WEEK 7

Reading: Same as Weeks 5 & 6.

Louis Calvert, "A Synthesis of Foreign Direct Investment: Theories and Theories of the Multinational Firm," Journal of International Business Studies, Spring/Summer 1981; John Dunning, "The Eclectic Paradigm of International Production: A Restatement and Some Possible Extensions," Journal of International Business Studies, Summer 1988; Farok J. Contractor and Tagi Sagafi-Nejad, "International Technology Transfer: Major Issues & Policy Responses, Journal of International Business Studies, Fall, 1981; Farok J. Contractor, "Technology Importation Policies in Developing Countries: Some Implications of Recent Theoretical and Empirical Evidence," Journal of Developing Areas, July, 1983; Pul Beamish & John Banks, "Equity Joint Ventures and The Theory of the Multinational Enterprise," Journal of International Business Studies, Summer, 1987; Farok J. Contractor and Peter Lorange, "Why Should Firms Cooperate? The Strategy & Economic Basis for Cooperative Ventures," in F. Contractor & P. Lorange (Eds.), Competition vs. Cooperation Management, International Review, Spring Issue, 1988

MODERN THEORIES OF THE TNC

TECHNOLOGY GENERATION, TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; JOINT VENTURES AND COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

Export, FDI, Licensing Decision

WEEKS 8-9

Reading: Set Three Required Readings

(WCT) or (JB) or (ACK) or (PKM)

THE CURRENT ROLE OF TNCs IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: TNCs AND DEVELOPMENT; TNCs IN SELECTED SECTORS

  1. Measurement in TNC Activities;
  2. Major Features of TNC Activities;
  3. Geographic Distribution & Sectorial Composition;
  4. TNCs & Development: Industrialization, Trade & Technology Transfer
  5. TNCs in Selected Sectors
    • Energy sector
    • Primary export commodities
    • Food sector
    • Environment
    • Socio-Economic Impact

WEEKS 10-11

Readings: Set 3

IMPACT OF TNCs ON DEVELOPMENT

  1. Review of Development Process;
  2. Impact of TNCs on Development Perspective:
  • TNCs/Nation State Interaction;
  • TNCs/Indigenous Firms Uses & Limitations of Models
  • Changing Dynamics of Interaction of TNCs & Developing Countries
  1. Technology Transfer
  2. Transfer of Control, Management, Skills & Entrepreneurship;
  3. TNC & Balance of Payments;
  4. TNCs & Resources Usage: Employment, Wages & Training
  5. TNCs & Nation State Interactions: Linkages, Market Structures, Taxation, Transfer Pricing & Effect on Income Distribution & Socio-Economic, Cultural, Political & Economic Issues

 

WEEKS 12-14

Reading: Set 3

REACTIONS TO TNCs

POLICY & FUTURE OF TNCs

  1. Reactions to TNCs: National Policies
  2. Reactions to TNCs: Transnational Policies
  3. Future of TNCs: Restructuring of the International Economy, The New International Economic Order
  4. The UN Order of Conduct of TNCs

 

V. OUTLINE OF GRADUATE PAPERS

Selection of a hypothesis in the field of economic, political, and business development (for graduate students). Formulate it in an operational way and state the alternative hypotheses that purport to explain the phenomena. State the implications of the hypotheses. Design and present data whereby the hypothesis could be tested. (You do not have to do the calculations or conduct significance tests; only describe the method you would follow, present your data and state your reasons for expecting that the test would be a good one). Please discuss with the instructor the paper that you propose to write no later than the end of the third week of class. The paper will account for 50% of the final grade, with the two brief exams and class participation making the balance.

 

N.B.

Students will be required to see and report on the following movies:

    1. "Guelvaar" – February 27
    2. (Uganda) "Tug of War" – March 1
    3. (Uganda) "Mountain of Debt" – March 1
    4. "Brazil" – March 6
    5. "Mexico" – March 8
    6. "Africans Are Coming" – dates to be determined