MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS 



Behrman, Jack N. and Harvey W. Wallender. Transfers of Manufacturing Tech- 

 nology Within Multinational Enterprises. Result of a project sponsored and 

 administered by the Fund for Multinational Management Education. Cam- 

 bridge, Ballinger Publishing Company. 1976. 308 p. 



Contains case studies of the actual process and effects of transferring 



technology from U.S. based corporations into Asia, Africa and Latin America. 



The studies analj^ze how the corporations are organized for transfer and how 



the companies deal with a new environment as they utilize the technology 



within the host country. 



Caurso, John P., and Charles E. Schmidt. Beyond the Nation State: Managing 



the Transnational Political, Social, and Cultural Roles of the Multinationals. 



Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. May 31, 1976. 240 p. 



This document seeks to determine what extra-economic functions multi- 

 national corporations are performing. Additional questions proceeding from 

 the basic one address a future political role for the MNCs in the international 

 system and the- implications posed by the multinationals for management 

 and the nation-states. The proliferation of the MNCs, on the one hand, and 

 of nation-states on the other, gives rise to serious dilemmas when MNC 

 and host-nation goals are in conflict. The extra-economic functions performed 

 by MNCs in developed, developing and under-developed nation-states have 

 serious and far-reaching implications for MNC management and govern- 

 ments. The authors conclude that the extra-economic functions warrant 

 serious attention from political scientists and sociologists to determine appro- 

 priate roles and responsibilities for both actors. MNC management and 

 nation-state leadership must each become more aware of the other and learn 

 to deal with the v«ry real problems and dilemmas in a non-adversary environ- 

 ment. 

 "Conference on the Regulation of Transnational Corporations." Columbia Journal 

 Transnational Law, v. 15, no. 3, 1976: 367-383. 



"The Conference panels, summarized here by their moderators, considered 

 the impact of the transnational corporation on the home country, its impact 

 on the host country, and the developments and the prospects for inter- 

 national regulation of transnational corporations." Conference was held at 

 Columbia University on Feb. 26, 1976. 

 Constantino, Renato. "Global Enterprises and the Transfer of Technology." 

 Journal of Contemporary Asia, v. 7, no. 1, 1977: 44-55. 



"While this paper does not presume to add anything new to the theoretical 

 discussions on the transfer of technology, it offers some contributions to the 

 pool of information of Third World countries regarding the activities of 

 multinationals in the area of technology transfer." 

 Coonrod, Stephan. "The United Nations Code of Conduct for Transnational 

 Corporations." Harvard International Law Journal, v. 18, spring 1977: 273-307. 

 Examines current efforts to develop a U.N. code of conduct to govern 

 transnational corporations. 

 Creamer Daniel. Overseas Research and Development by United States Multi- 

 nationals, 1966-1975: Estimates of Expenditures and a Statistical Profile. [New 

 York, Conference Board, 1976] 130 p. (The Conference Board. Report no. 685) 

 Contents. — Survey objectives and summary of findings. — Data problems, 

 the response rate, and the character of the sample. — U.S. overseas expend- 

 itures for R and D — how much, how fast, and where. — R and D of foreign 

 affiliates and their parents — some comparisons. 

 The CTC Reporter. A periodical prepared by the United Nations Center on Trans- 

 national Corporations, United Nations, New York. Vol. 1, no. 1, Dec. 1976. 

 Articles deal with the Commission on Transnational Corporations, the 

 Centre on Transnational Corporations, a code of conduct, standards and 

 of accounting and reporting for transnational corporations, corrupt practices, 

 technical cooperation programs of the centre, current research, books on 

 transnational corporations. 



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