Globalization and relocation of companies.

Summary The back cover states: "At a time when globalization is provoking a demand for protection of workers and territories and encouraging governments to promote national production, here is an analysis of the logic and effects of the internationalization of companies and the relocation of activities. Multinationals seek first of all access to dynamic markets in the form of direct investment abroad. They also seek favorable production cost conditions by developing relocation operations in the form of international subcontracting. What are the effects of offshoring on the competitiveness, employment, trade and technological advantages of formerly industrialized countries? Is the international fragmentation of the value chain of labor-intensive industries challenged by rising transport and wage costs in emerging countries? Can we really speak of "de-globalization"? This book answers these questions by mobilizing recent theoretical and empirical analyses".