{"product_id":"internationalisation-and-strategic-control-morten-pedersen-9781138333116","title":"Internationalisation and Strategic Control: An Industrial History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a study of the emergence of international business. It immerses itself in the topic of how companies can control income-generating assets in foreign countries, the key element often used to define a multinational enterprise, and propounds the notion that control of crucial dispositions by foreign companies can be achieved by other means than direct foreign investment - cash flow and portfolio ownership. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationalisation and Strategic Control analyses the extent to which a firm can control the investments of foreign companies in the field of supply and maintenance of production machinery. It achieves this through a case study of how F.L. Smidth \u0026amp; Co., global leaders in providing technology for the cement industry since the 1890s, managed to achieve a vital influence over, and control of, cement-producing companies in Asia in the period 1890-1938. The study examines how this strategy was promoted by some internal and external factors and circumstances, and hindered by others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn highlighting strategic tools and initiatives other than cash flow and portfolio ownership, the book applies concepts taken from a broad range of research fields covering social science, cultural analysis, micro history, Actor-Network-Theory and industrial archaeology. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of international business, business history and globalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morten Pedersen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138333115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138333116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Morten Pedersen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44063766315263,"sku":"9781138333116","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47ceefaa-3d85-4bb9-b60e-0918bafff568.jpg?v=1685391522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/internationalisation-and-strategic-control-morten-pedersen-9781138333116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}