TY - BOOK AU - Forsgren, Mats, TI - Theories of the multinational firm SN - 9781781958179 PY - 2013/// PB - Edward Elgar Publishing KW - HD INDUSTRIES. LAND USE. LABOR KW - International business enterprises KW - Bibliography MSc - International Business: International Strategy and Organisation N1 - a mulitdimensional creature in the global economy N2 - This expanded and updated edition of a successful textbook will be required reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business, international management and international economy courses. The current debate about the multinational firm as an actor in the global economy is intense and many-sided. This thoroughly accessible and compact textbook presents, analyzes and compares six different theories of the multinational firm that have dominated the research in international business during the last four decades. The author discloses the basic building blocks and assumptions behind each theory so the reader can reach a better understanding of why the multinational firm is looked upon in so many different ways by researchers and stakeholders ER -