Multinational Enterprise, Political Risk and Organisational Change: From Total War to Cold War

Part I: Geopolitical Risks and Organizational Challenges Swiss and (Anglo)-Dutch multinationals and organizational change in the era of Total War Takafumi Kurosawa and Ben Wubs Municipalisation, war, tax and nationalisation: Imperial Continental Gas Association in an era of turmoil, 1824-1987 Ryo Izawa Go west: C&A's motives and strategies for expansion from Europe into the western hemisphere, 1945-1962 Mark Spoerer Foreign oil majors in Japan and the Second World War Takeo Kikkawa Part II: Total War and Long-Lasting Impact Mutual attraction: Siemens activities in Italy 1855-1968 Luciano Segreto Reinventing the Rio Tinto Company: Spain, political risk and corporate strategy before and after the Second World War Neil Forbes War and industry dynamics: The case of the industrial gases industry after 1940 Ray Stokes and Ralf Banken Part III: Cold War and Corporate Strategies The afterlife of a multinational enterprise: the case of Siemens' subsidiary in Hungary after the Second World War Judit Klement International business and the Cold War. The case of the Trans-European Pipeline, 1956-1960 Marten Boon From Cold War to the Washington Consensus: evolution of the multinational corporations' strategies in Chile Marcelo Bucheli