Table of Contents

PrefacePart 1. Introduction and Conceptuel IssuesChapter 1: Introduction and Analytical Frameworkby Michael W. Hansen and Henrik Schaumburg-MullerChapter 2: Theories of Cross-Border Linkagesby Michael W. Hansen and John KuadaPart 2. Case Studies of Danish Firm LinkagesChapter 3: A Survey of Linkages between Danish Foreign Investors and Local Firms in Developing Countriesby Michael W. HansenChapter 4: Donor Intervention and the Promotion of Inter-Firm Linkages in Ghanaby John KuadaChapter 5: Danish-South African Business Linkagesby Soren JeppesenChapter 6: Collaborations between Danish Foreign Investors and Local Industry in Indiaby Michael W. HansenChapter 7: Learning and Competence Building through Cross-Cultural Linkages: The Case of Danish Companies in Malaysiaby Olav Jull SorensenChapter 8: Upgrading and Aid Dependency: Danish Firms in Vietnamby Henrik Schaumburg-MullerPart 3. Restructuring Linkages in International Value ChainsChapter 9: The Automotive Supplier Industry between Localizing and Globalizing Forces in Malaysia, India and South Africaby Peter WadChapter 10: Upgrading and Strategic Options of Garment Producers in the Global Value Chainby John Kuada, Henrik Schaumburg-Muller and Olav Jull SorensenPart 4. Conclusions - Strategy, Policy and Theoretical PerspectivesChapter 11: Main Empirical Findingsby Michael W. Hansen and Henrik Schaumburg-MullerChapter 12: Development Strategy, Industrial Policy and Cross Border Inter-Firm Linkagesby Peter Wad and Soren JeppesenChapter 13: North-South Business Linkages: Theoretical Reflections and Perspectivesby Olav Jull Sorensen and John KuadaBibliographyAppendices

Reviews

"Global trade increasingly shifts from spontaneous market transactions to structured transnational business linkages where lead firms, mostly from OECD countries, define the rules of the game. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of global business linkage formation. It is innovative in two ways: First, it provides comprehensive scientific evidence how such linkages help developing country firms to learn and upgrade. Second, it focuses on small and medium-sized firms from a small OECD economy, rather than large transnationals, showing the enormous degree of internationalization and development spillovers from these firms. This book is an invaluable contribution to the debate on development opportunities in an era of globalization."Tilman Altenburg, Head of Department, German Institute for Development Studies