The questions to answer in a 250 words: 1. How does the Critical perspective understand the multinational firm? 2. Who are the winners and losers in the transnationalisation of retail and why? Use whats bellow as core reading to answer the questions and also write a short bulit point summary answering each question on them in 250 words: Week 3: The Multinational Firm: A Critical Perspective – From a critical perspective, why do firms internationalise? – What are the legal foundations of the corporation and what are the implications of these foundations for its role in society? Key Readings Bakan, Joel (2004) The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, New York, NY, US: Free Press. Chapter 1 The Corporations Rise to Dominance. Hymer, Stephen (1975c). The Multinational Corporation and the International Division of Labour. In Radice, Hugo (ed.). International firms and modern imperialism: Selected readings. London: Penguin. Week 4: The Transnationalisation of Retail and Global Labour Questions: – Which factors determine transnational retailer expansion and performance? – Who are the winners and losers in the transnationalisation of retail and why? Key Readings Durand, Cedric and Wrigley, Neil (2009). Institutional and economic determinants of transnational retailer expansion and performance: a comparative analysis of Wal-Mart and Carrefour. Environment and Planning A. 41 (7). 1534-55. Merk, J. (2011) Production beyond the Horizon of Consumption: Spatial fixes and Anti- Sweatshop Struggles in the Global Athletic Footwear Industry, Global Society, 25/1: 73- 95.
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