Multinational corporations and national elites : a study in tensions / by Joseph Lapalombara and Stephen Blank.

Acknowledgements, vii -- Foreword, ix -- Part one: The problem and its setting, xi -- 1. Multinationals under siege: the problem, 1 -- 2. Canadian and Italian settings, 12 -- Part two: MNC's and national development, 23 -- 3. The problem of dependency, 24 -- 4. Equity ownership, joint ventures, and control, 34 -- 5. Research and development, 39 -- 6. The politics of disinvestment, 47 -- Part three: Operational problems, 54 -- 7. Patterns of organization and management, 55 -- 8. Labor and industrial relations, 67 -- 9. Governmental relations and political analysis, 72 -- 10. Codes of conduct, 82 -- 11. Extraterritoriality, 89 -- Part four: Conclusions and prospects, 94 -- 12. Summary of findings, 95 -- 13. Multinationals and the future, 100 -- Appendix: The problem and its setting, 118.