Research Catalog

Title

Foreign ownership of Canadian industry / A. E. Safarian.

Author

Safarian, A. E.

Publication

Toronto ; Bufffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2011.

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Details

Description

xliv, 346 p.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Corporations, American > Canada
• Corporations, Foreign > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-339) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Introduction. Direct investment in the Canadian economy -- The controversy about the international firm. -- Pt. 2. The statistical background to the study. The nature of the interviews and questionnaire -- Comparisons of respondent firms with all direct investment companies -- Cross-classifications of the variables. -- Pt. 3. The managers and their powers. The senior executives -- The board of directors -- The management or executive committee -- Other methods of maintaining contact with the affiliate -- The delegation of powers -- The degree of decentralization of responsibility -- The degree of supervision. -- Pt. 4. The exports of subsidiary companies. The evidence on private international trade restriction -- The export pattern of direct investment companies -- The nature of the export sales organization -- The effect of affiliation on exports -- External pressures on foreign-owned firms. -- Pt. 5. The imports of subsidiary companies. The import pattern of direct investment companies -- Policy and organization with regard to purchasing -- The effect of affiliation on purchases. -- Pt. 6. The transfer of knowledge. The performance of research by the respondent companies -- The nature of the Canadian research programs -- Access to the parent's knowledge. -- Pt. 7. Comparative costs of production. Unit production costs compared with affiliates -- Broader issues regarding efficiency. -- Pt. 8. The pattern of ownership and finance. The ownership of voting stock -- Sources of funds -- Payment of dividends -- The United States guidelines program. -- Pt. 9. Nationality of ownership and performance of the firm. Degrees of foreign ownership and performance -- The nature of the resident-owned firms in this study -- Senior personnel -- Marketing and purchasing -- Research and development -- Ownership and finance -- Further tests of difference regarding performance.

Call Number

JBE 12-533

ISBN

• 9781442612228 (pbk.)
• 1442612223 (pbk.)

OCLC

728826081

Author

Safarian, A. E.

Title

Foreign ownership of Canadian industry / A. E. Safarian.

Imprint

Toronto ; Bufffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2011.

Edition

3rd ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-339) and index.

Research Call Number

JBE 12-533