TY - BOOK AU - Tybout, James R. TI - Manufacturing firms in developing coountries : how well do they do, and why? PY - 2000/// N2 - Reviews 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 ER -