Readings on the multinational corporation in Kenya /

Contributor(s):

Kaplinsky, Raphael (ed)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press , c1978.Description: x, 316 p. :illSubject(s):

DDC classification:

338.8886762 REA

Summary: This book focuses on the history of local and multinational corporate development in Kenya before 1945 (Nicola Swain son); the structure and characteristics of foreign direct investment in Kenya's manufacturing sector (Richard Eglin); the political impact of multinationals in Kenya (Steven Langdon); a case study of technical change by seven British multinationals operating in Kenya (Raphael Kaplinsky); a case study of oil refinery investment in Kenya (Barry Herman); a case study of the Chandarias, a Kenyan-Asian multinational (Robin Murry), and an introductory chapter in which the editor discusses what he believes to be areas needing further research on the role played by multinationals in Kenya, an open economy operating on the periphery of international capitalism.

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Includes bibliography and index

This book focuses on the history of local and multinational corporate development in Kenya before 1945 (Nicola Swain son); the structure and characteristics of foreign direct investment in Kenya's manufacturing sector (Richard Eglin); the political impact of multinationals in Kenya (Steven Langdon); a case study of technical change by seven British multinationals operating in Kenya (Raphael Kaplinsky); a case study of oil refinery investment in Kenya (Barry Herman); a case study of the Chandarias, a Kenyan-Asian multinational (Robin Murry), and an introductory chapter in which the editor discusses what he believes to be areas needing further research on the role played by multinationals in Kenya, an open economy operating on the periphery of international capitalism.

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