00648nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000210001724500810003826000090011952004030012858300190053120260716043405.0  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