Jain (international marketing, U. of Connecticut, and Graduate School of Business, Zurich, Switzerland) and Vachani (strategy and policy, Boston U.) compile 20 chapters on how multinational
corporations can help reduce poverty and how this can in turn benefit these corporations. Chapters are mostly taken from papers given at the Conference on the Role of Multinational Corporations
in Alleviating Global Poverty, held at the U. of Connecticut in October of 2003. Topics cover the host environment and policies, multinational strategies and impacts, governments and civil
society, models, and global institutions and social responsibility. Contributors are in international business from universities around the world. The book is intended for scholars in
international relations and business, international corporate managers and executives, government officials, and NGO executives. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
