Promoting infant industries in less developed countries (LDCs): A network approach to analyse the impact of the exchange relationships between multinational companies and their indigenous suppliers in LDCs' efforts to boost infant industries' development

International Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-87

  Awuah, Gabriel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competence; Deregulation; Exchange relationships; Import substitution; Indigenous suppliers; Infant industries; Learning; Multinational companies; Network; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031067544     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(96)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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