Multinational enterprises, transfer of managerial know-how, technology choice and employment effects: a case study of Kenya

Gershenberg I.

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Abstract: Working paper on the impact of multinational enterprises on local level technology transfer, choice of technology and employment creation, comprising a case study of Kenya - based on a sample survey, finds that subsidiaries provide management development for local managers, who exercise appreciable decision making autonomy over capital and technology which tends to be labour intensive, and that local value added is little, and changes in employment are almost entirely due to market demand. Bibliography.

Keywords: multinational enterprise.; local level.; technology transfer; choice of technology; employment creation; sample; survey.; management development; manager.; decision making.; capital.; technology.; labour intensive employment.; entreprise multinationale; niveau local; transfert des techniques; choix de technologie; création d'emploi; échantillon; enquête; formation à la gestion; cadre; prise de décision; capital; technologie; emploi à forte intensité de main-d'oeuvre; empresa multinacional; nivel local; transferencia de tecnología; elección de tecnología; creación de empleos; muestra; encuesta; desarrollo gerencial; gerente; toma de decisiones; capital; tecnología; empleo con alto coeficiente de mano de obra (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 P. pages
Date: 1983
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