Course details
Multinational Enterprises, Development and Policy
ECON 60017A
We will discuss the impact of MNEs on development. (1) The course begins with the literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) and its effects on economic structure and industrial development. This involves assessing the impact of MNEs and FDI on the processes and outcomes of economic and sustainable development through the creation of innovative capacities. (2) The course engages in a discussion of the impact of MNEs on development through their other (i.e. excluding FDI) global activities, such as the creation of social value. The course challenges traditional assumptions and controversies about development and MNEs. (3) The course addresses the development of policies aimed at attracting MNEs by critically examining the policy instruments available to developing countries and engaging students in the process of building a policy case on FDI to attract MNEs that will be successful in terms of their contribution to economic and sustainable development.
Themes covered
The link between MNE FDI and development.
Development driven by FDI or other MNE activities.
The wrong and good type of IDE for development.
Bargaining power of developing and less developed countries vis-à-vis MNEs.
The evolution of investments.
The creation of social value by multinationals.
Addressing major challenges by multinationals.
The quality of national innovation systems.
Technological capacity building innovation and development
Necessary conditions for developing and less developed countries to catching
Reinforcement of innovative technological capaities in national enterprises.
Policies and capacities to attract MNEs and support new development goals.
Important notes
Course in French : ECON 60017
Course code
ECON 60017A
Subject
Économie
Program
Maîtrise en gestion (M. Sc.)
Instruction mode
On-site learning
Credits
3