Quality requirements in developing countries

Galina An and Thitima Puttitanun

Journal of Economics and Business, 2010, vol. 62, issue 2, 94-115

Abstract: This paper theoretically explores how quality standards imposed by subsidiaries of multinational enterprises on local suppliers in developing countries can influence the local intermediate goods industries: they can trigger the adoption of better techniques and processes, thereby increasing the technological capability of the host country; they can also induce local innovation, a situation described in many case studies of developing countries. However, if a host country is underdeveloped, the presence of multinational firms might not bring any significant changes to the economy.

Keywords: Quality; requirements; Technological; change; Multinational; firms; Developing; countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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