ABSTRACT

Seven studies explore the modest but significant role of Canadian multinational enterprises in world finance, trade, and direct investment. Presents a historical overview, analyses of individual companies, and considerations of whole industries.

part |175 pages

Introduction

chapter |33 pages

The Rise and Fall of a Free-Standing Company in Nova Scotia

The General Mining Association

chapter |20 pages

From Branch Operation to Integrated Subsidiary

The Reorganisation of Imperial Oil under Walter Teagle, 1911–17

chapter |26 pages

‘Hands Across the Water'

Canadian Industrial Financiers in the City of London, 1905–20

chapter |26 pages

Canadian Promoters and American Markets

Regulating the Irregular, 1945–55

chapter |23 pages

Global Competitiveness and Public Policy

The Case of Canadian Multinational Banks

part |5 pages

Conclusion

chapter |5 pages

Fin de siècle

Canadian Business in the 1990s