Changes in Trade Policies and the Heterogeneity of Domestic and Multinational Firms’ Strategic Response: The Effects on Firm-Level Capabilities

Jahan Ara Peerally and John Cantwell

World Development, 2012, vol. 40, issue 3, 469-485

Abstract: After the Multi-Fiber Agreement ended in 2005, most Asian-owned subsidiaries exited the Mauritius export processing zone (MEPZ), while most European-owned subsidiaries and domestic firms remained and further integrated their presence in the MEPZ. Based on the heterogeneity of their strategic response to changes in trade policies, we hypothesize that Asian-owned subsidiaries did not, during their operating life-time in the MEPZ, actively engage in creating technological capabilities when compared to their European-owned and domestic counterparts. Our results support our hypothesis and we discuss their serious implications for other Sub-Saharan African textile-based EPZs in connection to the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

Keywords: Mauritius; textile industry; technological capabilities; domestic firms; foreign subsidiaries; AGOA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.020

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