00619nam a2200085Ia 4500100002100000245008100021260000900102520040300111583001900514  aTybout, James R.  aManufacturing firms in developing coountries : how well do they do, and why?  c2000  aReviews some of the distinctive features of the environment in whcih LDC manufacturers operate.  Takes up the issue of whether small firms have been somewhat suppressed, and more generally, whther the LDC business environment has bred noncompetitive pricing behaviour and low productivity.  Addresses the question of how trade protection has conditioned pricing, efficiency and productivity growth.  c8/21/00kJOY_D