This book uses the technological capability framework advanced by evolutionary economists to examine the contribution of foreign firms to technological capability building in the developing economies with a focus on South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Brazil, Costa Rica, Malaysia and Indonesia. The...

This paper seeks to examine how local automotive parts firms' technological capabilities have evolved vis-à-vis foreign firms following increased liberalization from the late 1990s. The evidence amassed shows that there were no obvious statistical differences in human resource and process...