Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rise of global enterprises in the world's food chain / Selma Tozanli -- The performance of multinational agribusinesses : effects of product and geographical diversification / George Anastassopoulos, Ruth Rama -- Innovation in food and beverage multinationals / Oscar Alfranca, Ruth Rama, Nicholas von Tunzelmann -- Foreign direct investment in U.S. food and kindred products / Daniel Pick, Thomas Worth -- Multinational food corporations and trade : the impact of foreign direct investment in the United States food industry on food and agricultural exports / Andrew P. Barkley -- External versus internal markets of the multinational enterprise : intrafirm trade in French multinational agribusiness / Emmanuelle Chevassus-Lozza, Jacques Gallezot, Danielle Galliano -- The internationalization paths of Australian and New Zealand food MNEs / Bill Pritchard -- Regionalization, globalization, and multinational agribusiness : a comparative perspective from Southeast Asia / David Burch, Jasper Goss -- Multinational firms in the Brazilian food industry / Elizabeth Farina, Cláudia Viegas.