The State and the multinational enterprises

The main purpose of this article is to make clear the several types of State interventionthat result in the international expansion of the enterprises. The article retakesthe State’s role within the theory of multinational enterprises. The authors make a study ofmultinational public enterprises, ide...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Faucher, Philippe, Niosi, Jorge
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1986
Country:Brasil
Institution:EDITORA 34
Repository:Revista de Economia Política
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1791
Online Access:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1791
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Multinationals
State intervention
state-owned enterprises
role of the State
Multinacionais
intervenção estatal
empresas estatais
papel do Estado
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Summary:The main purpose of this article is to make clear the several types of State interventionthat result in the international expansion of the enterprises. The article retakesthe State’s role within the theory of multinational enterprises. The authors make a study ofmultinational public enterprises, identifying them as the most notable case of Government’sintervention. The increasing number of state enterprises and their international expansionmake the authors to believe it is necessary to make a theoretical revision, putting the State asthe major element of the multinationalization of enterprises. JEL Classification: H11; F23; L33; P12; L32.