John Dunning's writings on development: Gradualism, agency and meaning

Peter J. Buckley*

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Abstract

Over his long and productive life, John Dunning wrote a great deal. One of the primary concerns of his work was development. His work with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) over the years from 1972 and the establishment of the United Nations "Eminent Persons Group" (Sagafi-Nejad and Dunning, 2008; Buckley, 2010) to his death in 2009 focused particularly on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the development process. This review concentrates on John Dunning's last writings on the subject of TNCs and development - most notably on his chapter entitled "Towards a new paradigm for development: implications for the determinants of international business activity" in his final book (Dunning, 2010: chapter 7).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-43
Number of pages9
JournalTransnational Corporations
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2012
Externally publishedYes

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