The training and spread of managerial know-how,a comparative analysis of multinational and other firms in Kenya |
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| Institution: | 1. Law, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, United States;2. Law, Columbia Law School, New York, NY, United States;3. European Corporate Governance Institute, Bruxelles, Belgium;4. Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, United States;5. Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT, United States;1. UCLA Department of Economics, 9272 Bunche Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1477, United States;2. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States;1. National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Marine Sciences, Forte Santa Teresa, 19032 La Spezia, Italy;2. National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Marine Sciences, Castello 2737/f Tesa 104, 30122 Venezia, Italy;3. On Advanced Industrial Research s.r.l., Via Carlo Barabino 26/4B, Genova, Italy;4. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy;5. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Paseo Martimo de la Barceloneta, 37-49. 08003, Barcelona, Spain;6. National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C, 34010 Sgonico TS, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This article investigates an area of multinational corporate activity in less developed countries (LDCs) that has hithero gone unexplored, namely their training of indigenous managers and the spread of this transferred know-how throughout the host country economy. The significance of management training for the successful transfer of technology is discussed in the introduction, followed by a presentation of the methodology employed; data regarding the extent and composition of management training offered to local managers is analyzed, and conclusions regarding the extent and significance of management training by multinationals in LDCs are drawn. |
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