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Foreign ownership is an ongoing national policy issue for Canadians, and a matter of utmost concern in the public mind. Recently, the issue has been hotly debated in sectors as diverse as telecommunications, mining, technology, retail, steel, and aerospace.
Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry, A.E. Safarian's classic investigation into the behaviour of branch-plant firms in Canada, has proven an enduring and important analysis of this national policy problem and is now back in print. This third edition of Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry features a new preface contextualizing Safarian's influential work against contemporary economic issues and policies. As the question of foreign takeovers becomes increasingly critical not only in Canada but in other countries as well, Safarian emphasizes the continuity of concerns over who owns a country's industries.
Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Direct investment in the Canadian economy
The controversy about the international firm
Chapter 2 - The Statistical Background to the study
The nature of the interviews and questionnaire
Comparisons of respondent firms with all direct investment companies
Cross-classifications of the variables
Chapter 3 - The Managers and Their Powers
The senior executives
The board of directors
The management or executive committee
Other methods of maintaining contact with the affiliate
The delegation of powers
The degree of decentralization of responsibility
The degree of supervision
Chapter 4 - The Exports of Subsidiary Companies
The evidence on private international trade restriction
The export pattern of direct investment companies
The nature of the export sales organization
The effect of affiliation on exports
External pressures on foreign-owned firms
Chapter 5 - The Imports of Subsidiary Companies
The import pattern of direct investment companies
Policy and organization with regard to purchasing
The effect of affiliation on purchases
Chapter 6 - The Transfer of Knowledge
The performance of research by the respondent companies
The nature of the Canadian research programs
Access to the parent's knowledge
Chapter 7 - Comparative Costs of Production
Unit production costs compared with affiliates
Broader issues regarding efficiency
Chapter 8 - The Pattern of Ownership and Finance
The ownership of voting stock
Sources of funds
Payment of dividends
The United States guidelines program
Chapter 9 - Nationality of Ownership and Performance of the Firm
Degrees of foreign ownership and performance
The nature of the resident-owned firms in this study
Senior personnel
Marketing and purchasing
Research and development
Ownership and finance
Further tests of difference regarding performance
Chapter 10 - Concluding Comments
Appendices
A - Additional tables by country of control
B - Questionnaires and letters to non-resident owned and resident-owned companies
Bibliography
Index
