How does the nature of contractual relationships between a multinational and its local
suppliers affect backward linkages and welfare in the local industry? We address this …

Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the
Government to develop local content policies (LCPs) to increase job and business …

Despite voluminous literature on corruption and the entry mode choices of multinational
companies (MNCs) in isolation, a comprehensive account which details the mechanisms …

Observers have very recently witnessed the increasing tides of local content rules adopted
and applied by governments of many resource-rich develo** countries. Such countries …

This paper examines the determinants of the backward vertical linkages of Japanese foreign
affiliates in manufacturing for the period 1994–2000, focusing on the local backward …

Local content measures have proliferated and become a popular tool for governments to
incentivize national industry. This article sets out a typology of such measures and analyses …

This paper discusses whether and to what extent resource-rich develo** countries should
introduce local content policies, ie requirements to include local inputs in petroleum …

President Trump has raised the intriguing question of bringing the manufacturing of
companies like Apple back from China to the US This book, however, argues that in this age …

Desde la década de los ochenta del siglo XX uno de los principales factores que ha
permitido el actual proceso de globalización han sido las masivas transferencias de …

Following the implementation of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
Europe exported its data protection standards to Brazil's data protection legislation. Besides …