| BUCKMINSTER FULLER BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| BOOKS RELEVANT TO FULLER |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| Global Inc | |
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by Medard Gabel & Henry Bruner |
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| Preface by Bruce Mazlish | p vi |
| Foreword by John Browne | vii |
| Acknowledgments | viii |
| Introduction | x |
| I | Global Inc. | p 2 |
| II | The Foundations of Multinational Corporations: Globalization | 9 |
| 1 | Technological Drivers of Globalization | " |
| 2 | Economic Globalization | 12 |
| III | The History of Multinational Corporations | 18 |
| 1 | The Opening of World Trade, AD 700-1600 | " |
| 2 | Major European Multinational Businesses, 1300-1600 | 20 |
| 3 | The Rise of Global Trading Companies, 1600-1800 | 22 |
| 4 | The First Global Economy, 1800-1914 | 25 |
| 5 | The Modern Multinational Corporation, 1914-2000 | 28 |
| IV | The Global Corporations | 34 |
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Industrial Corporations |
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| 1 | Motor Vehicles | 36 |
| a | General Motors | 38 |
| b | Toyota | 40 |
| 2 | Petroleum and Petrochemicals | 42 |
| a | ExxonMobil | 44 |
| b | BP | 46 |
| 3 | Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals | 48 |
| a | Novartis | 50 |
| b | Du Pont | 52 |
| 4 | Construction and Construction Materials | 54 |
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CEMEX | 56 |
| 5 | Forest and Paper products | 58 |
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Sappi | 60 |
| 6 | Trading/Conglomerates | 62 |
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Mitsui | 64 |
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Information Technology Corporations |
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| 7 | Computers and Electronics | 66 |
| a | IBM | 68 |
| b | Siemens | 70 |
| c | LG Electronics | 72 |
| 8 | Software and the Internet | 74 |
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Microsoft | 76 |
| 9 | Telecommunications | 78 |
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Verizon | 80 |
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Service Corporations |
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| 10 | Commercial Banking | 82 |
| a | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | 84 |
| b | Citibank | 86 |
| 11 | Transportation and Postal Services | 88 |
| a | United Parcel Service (UPS) | 90 |
| b | British Airways | 92 |
| 12 | Legal Services | 94 |
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White & Case | 96 |
| 13 | Food and Food Services | 98 |
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Nestle | 100 |
| 14 | Advertising | 102 |
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Saatchi & Saatchi | 104 |
| 15 | Media and Entertainment | 106 |
| a | Bertelsmann | 108 |
| b | AOL Time Warner | 110 |
| 16 | Consulting and Accounting | 112 |
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Arthur Anderson/Accenture | 114 |
| 17 | Retail | 116 |
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Wal-Mart | 118 |
| V | The Impacts of Multinational Corporations | 120 |
| 1 | Employment and Wages | 122 |
| 2 | Taxes | 124 |
| 3 | Technology | 126 |
| 4 | Capital | 128 |
| 5 | Culture | 130 |
| 6 | Environment | 132 |
| 7 | Standards | 134 |
| VI | The Governance of Multinational Corporations | 136 |
| 1 | Governance and the Law | " |
| 2 | Governance and Politics | 140 |
| 3 | Governance and the Market | 141 |
| 4 | Corporate Self-Governance | 142 |
| 5 | Governance and International Organizations | 143 |
| 6 | Possible Policies and Actions | 145 |
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Notes | 149 |
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Index | 156 |
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