Power relationships along the value chain: Multinational firms, global buyers and performance of local suppliers

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 947-962

  Pietrobelli, Carlo ^a   Saliola, Federica ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Global value chains; Governance; Multinational corporations; Productivity; Upgrading

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 55749106619     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben016     Document Type: Article

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