TY - BOOK AU - AU - Venables,Anthony J. TI - Multinational forms in the world economy. SN - 069112901 AV - HD2755.5B368 PY - 2004/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Princeton university press N1 - Includes references and index; Contents:Facts aand issue -- The multibational enterprice:an overview of theory and emprircal findings -- Horizontal foreign direct investment:product market access -- Vertical foreign direct investment: input cost and factor prices -- Multinationals:the firm and the market -- Determinants of FDL:the evidence -- Host country effects:conceptual framework and the evidence -- FDI and the host economy; A case study of ireland -- Home country effects of foreign direct investment -- Policy implication and effects -- Cpnclusions -- Appendix A a statistical definitions and databases on foreign direct investment and activities of multinationals ER -