...T Kippenberger Suggests that multinationals' big problem is a lack of leadership talent and that it is increasingly difficult to find and keep the right people needed to run operations in emerging markets. Highlights Shell and Honeywell in shaded boxes for examples of retaining talent. Concludes...

...T Kippenberger Posits that, during the 1980s, many Western multinational corporations (MNCs) were seen as lumbering giants, going the same way as dinosaurs. Looks at globalization and its effects, with particular events from the protest in Seattle, in 1999, where 50,000 protestors against the WTO...

...T Kippenberger Suggests that, although there are very real differences between the old markets of Western Europe and the USA, and the new ones of say, China and India, multinational corporations will not reap the benefits until taking account of these. Features the market mindset and the management...

...T Kippenberger Weighs up that, in the face of increasingly complex technologies and economies, the way that individual multinational companies (MNCs) respond reflects the varied historical backgrounds in which they are rooted. Details corporate governance and finance in the three main areas...