No plan to improve global health can succeed without defining appropriate roles for transnational corporations. Researching Corporations and Global Health Governance: An Interdisciplinary Guide provides essential guidance to neophyte and experienced researchers on the methods, data sources and research designs that can provide policy makers with the evidence they need to protect public health from harmful corporate practices.

Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, City University of New York, author of Lethal but Legal Corporations, Consumption and Protecting Public Health

This is an essential and highly recommended resource for anyone concerned with the growing influence of corporations in the governance of global health issues. As a clearly written and broad ranging research guide, this book is full of valuable and much needed information for students, scholars and policy makers alike.

Richard Smith, Professor and Dean of Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Before we can lessen the burden of disease caused by globalized commerce, we must first understand the power behind it. This practical guide offers researchers and policy-makers a much-needed toolkit to build better ways to foster global health.

Cynthia Callard, Executive Director, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada