Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of South Carolina, 1987. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [148]-156).

Thesis (D.B.A.)--United States International University, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-162).

Thesis (D.B.A.)--United States International University, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 173-188).

Just recently a new force in world politics, the multinational corporation, has become the focus of widespread interest and concern. Many students of the development and spread of these firms emphasize their actual and potential contribution toward global economic integration. Contingent upon this process, several observers have optimistically forecast the fundamental breakdown of the nation-state system and its replacement by some form of more stable and peaceful world polity. The Canadian case however, does not sustain this optimism. Among all the nations Canada has been the most consistently liberal host of these firms, providing particular attraction for expansionist American corporations. As a consequence, the country has experienced a new and profound dependence upon the American economy. Directly resultant upon this experience has been the forfeiture of broad areas of Canadian state sovereignty and national independence. But unlike the prophecy, this sacrifice has not been part of a more universal transfer of nation-state prerogatives to the claims of supranational authority. Instead, the forfeiture has been unilateral and horizontals from the Canadian state to the American state. Clearly, American multinational corporations have been successful promoters of continental economic integration. Ho other nation in the developed world shares with Canada the same unique degree of economic subordination. On the other hand, American multinational corporations are demonstrably inadequate institutions for furthering the general erosion of the nation-state system. They are themselves subordinate to and dependent upon the U.S. state. This relationship is made most explicit through American laws of extraterritoriality whereby the U.S. government has reserved the right to dictate trade, anti-trust and balance of payments policies to the foreign subsidiaries of American firms. The Canadian government has become acutely aware of this relationship on several occasions, most notably over the 'Time and Reader's Digest Affair' and the 'American Guidelines Issue'. Of even graver import, these occasions demonstrated the ease with which American economic controls in one area could be converted into substantial political leverage in entirely unrelated areas of Canadian policy formation. In each instance where the U.S. government has employed its authority over American multinational corporations to sway Canadian government policy, the Canadian government has eventually acquiesced. Ironically, Canadian government elites have proven themselves unwilling to respond to this challenge at its source. Instead of attempting to regulate or discourage American multinational corporations in Canada, they have co-operated actively in their promotion. To understand the paradoxical behavior of Canadian governments in aiding the demise of their own powers and the Canadian state, the career patterns of certain influential political and bureaucratic elites were investigated. This research uncovered the existence of a longstanding hybrid elite composed of Canadian governmental decision-makers who have been strongly identified with corporations committed to a continental economy. The economic interests which, inhere to these corporate government linkages have been complemented and given normative justification by a business ethos prevalent in Canadian society. Together they provide a motivating rationale for Canadian government elites in co-operating with, multinational corporations and, in effect, in undermining the sovereignty and independence of the Canadian nation-state. / Arts, Faculty of / Political Science, Department of / Graduate

by Kong Chi Ho, Wong Wan Sze. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / PREFACE --- p.iv / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Project Objectives --- p.2 / Chapter II. --- BACKGROUND INFORMATION --- p.3 / US Department Stores --- p.3 / Overseas Expansion --- p.4 / Domestic Market Situation --- p.6 / Retailing in the Asian-Pacific Region --- p.7 / Overseas Expansion of Asian Department Stores --- p.9 / Retailing in Hong Kong --- p.9 / Why is Hong Kong Considered as an Alternative --- p.11 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.12 / Internationalisation of Retailing --- p.12 / Trends in the Retail Market --- p.15 / Store Preferences and Store Trends --- p.16 / Bibliography --- p.19 / Chapter IV. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.20 / Chapter V. --- RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.23 / Customer Survey --- p.23 / Interpretation of Findings --- p.34 / Interviews with Department Store Personnel --- p.36 / Chapter VI. --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.48 / Selection Criteria --- p.48 / Type of Store --- p.50 / Discount Store --- p.51 / Specialty Department Store --- p.53 / Potential Problems --- p.57 / Chapter VII. --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.59 / APPENDICES --- p.61

Wan Ho-hin. / Summary in Chinese. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--The Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 115-118.

M. Com. (Economics) / The objective of the study was to examine the behaviour of American foreign direct investment in South Africa since 1985. By the mid- eighties more than 300 American companies had direct investments or employees in South Africa. During the period 1984-1991, 215 of these companies withdrew from South Africa. Most of them sold their affiliates to local investors or local companies. Some sold their affiliates to non- South African companies. A few liquidated their South African operations while others sold their assets to trusts. Most of the companies that withdrew from South Africa maintained licensing and other contractual agreements with their former affiliates. No American company established new affiliates in South African during the period 1984-1991. During the period July 1991 - February 1994, 39 American companies settled in South Africa. Some of them were companies that withdrew from South Africa during the sanctions period. The number of companies re-entering the country could, however, be misleading. Only a few of these companies established manufacturing plants locally. The new settlement was not accompanied by a significant inflow of capital or the employment of large numbers of workers...

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1992. / Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Francis A. Ianni. Dissertation Committee: John Delaney. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-217).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1994. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-151).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Arizona State University, 1991. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [259]-265).