Third World Multinationals: Engine of Competitiveness or New Form of Dependency?

by F. Beausang

Overview

This book evaluates the contribution of third world multinational enterprises to the competitiveness of their home and host countries in the context of Brazilian and Chilean MNE's. Third world MNE's can be important agents of growth, a fact that until now has been largely ignored in the literature. This book fills the gap in the literature by looking at third world MNE's ability to innovate and examining the potential for their innovations to be diffused to other home country firms and thereby improve their home country's competitiveness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403913135
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/25/2003
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

FRANCESCA BEAUSANG is a lecturer in Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to this she received her PhD in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge. She has done research on the internal and external organizational features of multinational enterprises and on innovation policy.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Theory of Developed Country Multinational Enterprises Third World Multinational Enterprises Fieldwork on Brazilian and Chilean Multinational Enterprises Competitiveness of Multinational Enterprises Case Study Evidence on Multinational Competitiveness Innovation Policy and the Competitiveness of Less Developed Countries Fieldwork On Innovation Policy Conclusions, Summary and Policy