Books and reports

May 1999

1. Japanese multinationals in Australia: Employment policies and industrial relations, 1990-97 (MULTI 85)

   26 May 1999

   Multinational Enterprises Programme, Working Paper No. 85

March 1999

1. The impact of multinational enterprises on employment, training and regional development in Namibia and Zimbabwe: A preliminary assessment (MULTI 84)

   25 March 1999

   Multinational Enterprises Programme, Working Paper No. 84. Analyses the economic contributions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to the Namibian and Zimbabwean economies. Looks at certain social aspects and compares the volume, distribution and contributions of MNE capital to the two countries' economies before and after economic liberalization.

September 1988

1. Economic and social effects of multinational enterprises in export processing zones

   13 September 1988

   The research confronts a number of widely held assumptions with the available facts and figures, and points to the possible evolution of export processing zones (EPZs) in the economies of newly industrializing countries. It envisages the emergence of the export processing country and a more open and competitive approach to industrial development.