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UNINA9910458901003321 |
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Titolo |
Transnational corporations and local firms in developing countries [[electronic resource] ] : linkages and upgrading / / Michael W. Hansen and Henrik Schaumburg-Müller, editors |
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[Copenhagen], : Copenhagen Business School Press, c2006 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (404 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HansenMichael W (Michael Wendelboe) |
Schaumburg-MüllerHenrik |
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International business enterprises |
International business enterprises - Developing countries |
Investments, Foreign - Developing countries |
Country risk |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-386). |
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""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 |
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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"" |
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UNINA9910959573603321 |
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Crawford Robert |
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Bannockburns [[electronic resource] ] : Scottish Independence and Literary Imagination, 1314-2014 |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Fictions |
Literary works |
Scottish -- Literature |
English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism |
Scottish literature - History and criticism |
Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314 |
English |
Regions & Countries - Europe |
Languages & Literatures |
History & Archaeology |
English Literature |
Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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""Title Page""; ""Imprint""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Writing Bannockburn""; ""2 Burns and Bannockburns""; ""3 Beyond Scotland""; ""4 Difficult Modern Scots""; ""5 Voting for a Scottish Democracy""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How writers have imagined the idea of Scottish independence over 700 years Poet and critic Robert Crawford explores in eloquent detail the literary-cultural background to Scottish nationalism in the lead-up to the referendum on independence for Scotland in September 2014. He begins with the totemic Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, in which the Scots routed the English and preserved their independence until the two nations peacefully united in 1707. Continuing up to the present |
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day, he examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. Pu |
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