05051nam 2200661Ia 450 991081401910332120200520144314.087-630-9977-2(CKB)2670000000066009(EBL)3400780(SSID)ssj0000520164(PQKBManifestationID)11336076(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520164(PQKBWorkID)10523881(PQKB)11011004(MiAaPQ)EBC3400780(Au-PeEL)EBL3400780(CaPaEBR)ebr10465537(OCoLC)923361183(EXLCZ)99267000000006600920070821d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTransnational corporations and local firms in developing countries linkages and upgrading /Michael W. Hansen and Henrik Schaumburg-Muller, editors1st ed.[Copenhagen] Copenhagen Business School Pressc20061 online resource (404 p.)Description based upon print version of record.87-630-0175-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-386).""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""International business enterprisesInternational business enterprisesDeveloping countriesInvestments, ForeignDeveloping countriesCountry riskInternational business enterprises.International business enterprisesInvestments, ForeignCountry risk.338.8/88172483.46bclHansen Michael W(Michael Wendelboe)81899Schaumburg-Muller Henrik0MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814019103321Transnational corporations and local firms in developing countries3991498UNINA