A History of Foreign Multinational Enterprises in Australia from Federation

我们的目标是提供外国跨国公司在20世纪澳大利亚的第一个历史，连接并加强丰富的关于全球商业的海外文献。外国公司在这里扮演了一个关键但鲜为人知的角色，公众和政策意见在批准新投资、创造就业和创新之间存在两极分化，而对它们对税收、竞争和经济政策的影响的担忧则两极分化。通过更密切、更长期地了解跨国公司--它们的规模、在澳大利亚定居的动机、公司结构以及对当地条件的适应--我们的研究结果将为有关外国投资和外国企业在当今澳大利亚经济中所扮演角色的公共辩论和政策提供信息。

We aim to deliver the first history of foreign multinational firms in twentieth-century Australia, connecting to, and enhancing, a rich overseas literature on global business. Foreign corporations have played a critical but poorly understood role here with public and policy opinions polarised between approval for new investment, job creation and innovation against concern for their impact on tax revenue, competition, and economic policy. Through a closer, long term understanding of multinationals – their magnitude, motives to settle here, corporate structures, and adaptation to local conditions – our findings will inform public debate and policy about the roles of foreign investment and foreign enterprises in the Australian economy today.