Making Transnationals Accountable: A Significant Step for Britain / Edition 1

by David Bailey, George Harte, Roger Sugden

Overview

With transnationals now of immense significance to many economies and thus seeming to have immense leverage over host governments, this book looks at what can be done to influence the behaviour of these corporations. With a case study of Glaxo.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415068703
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/23/1994
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

David Bailey is Lecturer in Economics in the Research Centre for Industrial Strategy, University of Birmingham Business School. His research interests cover issues in industrial strategy, particularly policy towards transnational corporations. George Harte is Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Edinburgh. A Chartered Accountant, his main research interests are social auditing, the use of accounting information in ethical and environmental investments and in economic regulation. Roger Sugden is Director of the Research Centre for Industrial Strategy and Senior Lecturer in Industrial Economics at the University of Birmingham Business School. He has published widely in the area of industrial economics, particularly on transnational corporations.

Table of Contents

1 THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRATEGY 2 BRITAIN’S RECENT ATTITUDE 3 CONTRASTING ATTITUDES ELSEWHERE 4 A MONITORING STRATEGY 5 ISSUES OF CONCERN 6 THE FORM OF ACCOUNT 7 TOWARDS AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACCOUNT: A CASE STUDY 8 DISCUSSION OF THE GLAXO CASE STUDY 9 CO-OPERATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES 10 A SIGNIFICANT STEP FOR BRITAIN