LEADER 05051nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910814019103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a87-630-9977-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066009 035 $a(EBL)3400780 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11336076 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10523881 035 $a(PQKB)11011004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3400780 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3400780 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10465537 035 $a(OCoLC)923361183 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066009 100 $a20070821d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTransnational corporations and local firms in developing countries $elinkages and upgrading /$fMichael W. Hansen and Henrik Schaumburg-Muller, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $a[Copenhagen] $cCopenhagen Business School Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (404 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a87-630-0175-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-386). 327 $a""Transnational Corporations and Local Firms in Developing Countries a??? 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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""Danish-South African Distribution Relations a??? Forward Linkages"" 606 $aInternational business enterprises 606 $aInternational business enterprises$zDeveloping countries 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$zDeveloping countries 606 $aCountry risk 615 0$aInternational business enterprises. 615 0$aInternational business enterprises 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign 615 0$aCountry risk. 676 $a338.8/881724 686 $a83.46$2bcl 701 $aHansen$b Michael W$g(Michael Wendelboe)$081899 701 $aSchaumburg-Muller$b Henrik$00 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814019103321 996 $aTransnational corporations and local firms in developing countries$93991498 997 $aUNINA