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Multinational enterprises, transfer of managerial know-how, technology choice and employment effects: a case study of Kenya

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Working paper on the impact of multinational enterprises on local level technology transfer, choice of technology and employment creation, comprising a case study of Kenya - based on a sample survey, finds that subsidiaries provide management development for local managers, who exercise appreciable decision making autonomy over capital and technology which tends to be labour intensive, and that local value added is little, and changes in employment are almost entirely due to market demand. Bibliography.

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  • Gershenberg I., 1983. "Multinational enterprises, transfer of managerial know-how, technology choice and employment effects: a case study of Kenya," ILO Working Papers 992246453402676, International Labour Organization.
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    1. Samuel A. Morley & Gordon W. Smith, 1977. "Limited Search and the Technology Choices of Multinational Firms in Brazil," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 91(2), pages 263-287.
    2. Possas ML. & Coutinho MC. & Possas MS., 1982. "Multinational enterprises, technology and employment in Brazil: three case studies," ILO Working Papers 992165843402676, International Labour Organization.
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