Regulating International Business
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Description for Regulating International Business
Paperback. This timely book points the way towards a new positive regulatory framework for international investment following the failure of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). Editor(s): Picciotto, Sol; Mayne, Ruth. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCM; KCP; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
This timely book points the way towards a new positive regulatory framework for international investment following the failure of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). It examines the flaws in free-market strategies underpinning the recent phase of globalization, in particular drawing out the lessons from the MAI, which was suspended in October 1998. The authors explore an alternative based on a positive regulatory framework for international business aimed at maximizing the positive contribution to development of foreign investment and minimizing its negative social and environmental impacts. The contributors include academics, researchers for non-governmental organizations, and business and trade-union representatives, writing ... Read more
This timely book points the way towards a new positive regulatory framework for international investment following the failure of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). It examines the flaws in free-market strategies underpinning the recent phase of globalization, in particular drawing out the lessons from the MAI, which was suspended in October 1998. The authors explore an alternative based on a positive regulatory framework for international business aimed at maximizing the positive contribution to development of foreign investment and minimizing its negative social and environmental impacts. The contributors include academics, researchers for non-governmental organizations, and business and trade-union representatives, writing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333776780
SKU
V9780333776780
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About N/A
DOMINIC AYINE Graduate of the Universities of Legon in Ghana and Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA V. N. BALASUBRAMANYAM Professor of Development Economics, Lancaster University, UK PETRINA FRIDD Project Manager for Socially Responsible Sourcing at Sainsbury Plc STEPHANY GRIFFITH-JONES Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, UK BOB HEPPLE, QC Master of Clare College and Professor of Law, ... Read more
Reviews for Regulating International Business
'The authors offer a timely and important contribution to the debate on global governance and the role of international business.' - Jane Nelson, Director, Policy and Research, The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum 'The contributors to this forward-looking volume offer much insight into why regulating international business and foreign direct investment flows increasingly will be front ... Read more