00762nam a2200133Ia 450000500170000008000180001724501120003526000250014752003850017258300190055765000230057694200120059999900170061120260716043409.0 a11.03.03 U589 aCompetitiveness challenge : transnational corporations and industrial restructuring in developing countries bUNaNew YorkUSc2000 aFocuses on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on industrial restructuring in selected industries in some developing countries. Examines how FDI affects the ability of economic actors - directly, foreign affiliates, and indirectly, local firms or the economy at large - to compete better in a globalizing world, primarily by raising, upgrading and diversifying exports. c12/8/00kJOY_D aFOREIGN INVESTMENT cMmU589 c46441d46441