ABSTRACT
Chapter six presented a theory that stressed the relevance of ‘regulatory regimes’ for the explanation of TNCs’ strategies and their activities. This chapter reviews the way in which some prevalent and influential theories of international production and the TNCs have dealt with differentials in regulatory regimes and their possible impact on the pattern and size of FDI. It deals specifically with the way – and the extent to which – these theories incorporate elements of what I have in this book (chapter six) referred to as ‘regulatory regimes’. Thus the criterion for including specific theories and the focus on each of the theories dealt with here, is whether and how to deal with issues of ‘regulatory regimes’.
