Includes bibliographical references (page 179-192) and index.
Contents
1.Aims and Approaches -- 2.The Industrial Background -- 3.The Rise and Fall of the Kristiansand Nickel Company, 1910-24 -- 4.Falconbridge, the Kristiansand Plant and the Norwegian Business System, 1929-39 -- 5.Vertical Integration and Trade Politics: Falconbridge's Success on World Markets in the 1930s -- 6.Managerial Practices and Transatlantic Tension -- 7.Occupied and Isolated, 1940-5 -- 8.Restoring and Promoting the Subsidiary's Mandate: The Post-War Expansion -- 9.Multinational Enterprise and Norwegian Social Democracy -- 10.A Creative Subsidiary? Developing Kristiansand's Knowledge Resources -- 11.The Weakening of Falconbridge and the Strengthening of the Kristiansand Subsidiary -- 12.Multinational Enterprise, Host Society and Environmental Challenges -- 13.Creating a Competitive Subsidiary -- 14.Conclusions: The Making of a Subsidiary.