Introducing Southern Multinationals and their Impact on Europe

This chapter serves to describe the content of this edited volume on the emergence of Southern Multinationals and their impact on Europe. The volume is divided into seven parts, including this introductory section and a concluding section. The five intervening parts contain contributions that address the following aspects: Quantification of the emergence of Southern MultinationalsSouthern Multinationals from a home country perspectiveSouthern Multinationals from a host country/region perspectiveInnovative perspectives on Southern Multinationals andImplications for Theory and Theory Development. Part Two on the quantification of Southern Multinationals consists of two contributions that appear as Chapters 2 and 3.