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040 _aCBNCAT
082 _a338.8886762
_bREA
245 _aReadings on the multinational corporation in Kenya /
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press ,
_cc1978.
300 _ax, 316 p. :ill,
504 _aIncludes bibliography and index
520 _aThis 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.
590 _alje 16/06/17
591 _aLoans
650 _aInternational business enterprises
650 _aInvestments, Foreign
650 _aMultinational corporation - Kenya
651 _aKenya
700 _aKaplinsky, Raphael (ed)
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
949 _a338.8886762 REA
999 _c5771
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