Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17889 
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Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1069
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The activities of multinational enterprises drive the economic globalization process to a very large degree. This paper lists some facts about their dominant role in all channels of globalization. Therefore, the importance of multinational enterprises in foreign direct investment and production abroad is examined as well as their contributions to the international transfer of knowledge and technology and to foreign trade. It is argued that economic theory must account for multinationals' activities in the analysis of the globalization process.
Subjects: 
Multinational Enterprise
Globalization
Foreign Direct Investment
International Technology Transfer
Foreign Trade
JEL: 
F02
F10
F23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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