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Transnational corporations and local firms in developing countries : linkages and upgrading / Michael W. Hansen and Henrik Schaumburg-Muller, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International business enterprises.
- International business enterprises--Developing countries.
- Investments, Foreign--Developing countries.
- Investments, Foreign.
- Country risk.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (404 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Copenhagen] : Copenhagen Business School Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book studies the organization and effects of linkages between transnational corporations - mainly Danish - and local firms in developing countries. It is based on a number of case studies of linkage collaborations and a survey of about ninety Danish firms and their relations to partners in developing countries. The analyzed host countries are Ghana, India, Malaysia, South Africa, and Vietnam. The book is a contribution to the emerging literature on firm strategy in developing countries, offering new empirical evidence of the multi-faceted and complex nature of cross-border inter-firm linkages. It documents how even small firms in both developed and developing countries engage in - and can benefit from - cross-border linkages.
- Contents:
- ""Transnational Corporations and Local Firms in Developing Countries � Linkages and Upgrading""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I Introduction and Conceptual Issues""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Analytical Framework""; ""Introduction""; ""A Conceptual and Analytical Framework""; ""The Structure and Content of Linkages""; ""The Effects of Linkages""; ""The Factors Shaping Linkages""; ""Methodology of the Study and Structure of the Book""; ""CHAPTER 2 Theories of Cross-Border Linkages""; ""Introduction""; ""A Development Perspective on Linkages""
- ""Linkages in the Development Literature""""Neoclassical Trade Economics""; ""The FDI Literature""; ""The Competitiveness Literature""; ""The Global Value Chain Perspective""; ""An International Business (IB) Perspective on Linkages""; ""A Perfect Competition Model""; ""The Transaction Cost Perspective""; ""The Resource-Based Perspective""; ""The Value Chain Perspective""; ""The Network Perspective""; ""Conclusion""; ""Part II Case Studies of Danish Firm Linkages""; ""CHAPTER 3 A Survey of Linkages between Danish Foreign Investors and Local Firms in Developing Countries""; ""Introduction""
- ""A Profile of Danish Investments in the Five Countries""""Size and International Orientation of the Danish Investor""; ""Industry Orientation and Activity of Projects""; ""Motives behind Establishment""; ""The Nature of Linkages to Local Industry""; ""Non-Equity Linkages""; ""Comparing Equity and Non-Equity Linkages""; ""Means of Upgrading""; ""Upgrading of Non-Equity Partners""; ""Upgrading effects""; ""The Role of Governments in Linkage Formation""; ""Government Facilitation of Linkages""; ""Government Impediments to Linkage Formation""; ""Conclusion""
- ""CHAPTER 4 Donor Intervention and the Promotion of Inter-Firm Linkages in Ghana""""Introduction""; ""An Overview of the Analytical Framework""; ""The History of Private Enterprise Development in Ghana""; ""Methodology""; ""Results""; ""Profile of the Collaborating Companies""; ""Nature of Business""; ""Ownership""; ""Motives for Collaboration""; ""Challenges of Collaboration""; ""Performance""; ""Discussions""; ""Linkage and Knowledge Transfer""; ""Commitment and Collaboration""; ""Cultural Challenges in Inter-firm Collaboration""; ""Inter-Linkage Governance""; ""Third Party Intermediation""
- ""Implications""""Conclusions""; ""CHAPTER 5 Danish-South African Business Linkages""; ""Introduction and Aim""; ""The Nature of Danish-South African Business Collaborations""; ""History of Danish Businesses in South Africa""; ""Forms and Activities of Danish Firms in South Africa""; ""Motives and Location of Establishment""; ""Firm Linkages as a Means of Upgrading the Resources and Capabilities of Local Firms: A Danish Perspective""; ""Types of Linkages and Motives of Establishment""; ""Content of Linkages""; ""Firm Linkages as a Means of Upgrading: A South African Perspective""
- ""Danish-South African Distribution Relations � Forward Linkages""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-386).
- ISBN:
- 87-630-9977-2
- OCLC:
- 923361183
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