How the East Was Won

The Impact of Multinational Companies on the Transformation of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
2005. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4039-0267-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

Despite widespread criticism of multinational companies, they have made an unparalleled contribution to the development of Eastern Europe over the last 15 years. They have brought opportunities to the young, improved working conditions, saved communities from destitution, rehabilitated corrupt banking systems and laid a modern telecomunications network. Their exports have driven economic growth; their presence has boosted civil society. The impact has not always been positive, but their power and dynamism, if effectively harnessed, can help defeat poverty elsewhere too.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Chance of a Lifetime What about the Workers? Communities Saved Industries Lost and Found Shopping, Selling & Marketing A Phoenix from the Ashes: An Economy Reborn Translucency in Government A Template for Development: MNC's, the EU and the IMF Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

CHARLES PAUL LEWIS has spent most of the last 15 years travelling and working in Eastern Europe as a journalist, editor and business consultant. He was Bureau Chief for the Economist Intelligence Unit in Vienna, covering political, economic and business developments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.