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...

The paper addresses the question of which implications MNC strategies have to FDI linkage effects in developing countries. Two contrasting MNC strategies reflecting an integration-responsiveness dichotomy are scrutinized as to their job effects on local linkage partners in developing countries....

Purpose: To understand African small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) performance and its antecedents is essential, both from a strategic management and an industrial development perspective. While a substantial literature on African SMEs has emerged in recent years, studies of their...