Among the East Asian crisis economies, Indonesia has been by far the worst affected. Its economic contraction has been about twice as large as the next most affected economy, Thailand. It is the only crisis economy to experience serious inflation. Its political turmoil and social tension have...

Policy-makers in developing countries, long frustrated with the difficulties, encountered in programs to foster small-scale industry, are giving increased attention to the scope that exist for large firms to assist in the development of small firms. In spite of the large literature on Japan, the...

Much of the literature on direct foreign investment is implicitly or explicitly with reference to 'large investors', both in terms of the investor's home country or of the investing company itself. It is sometimes argued, however, that foreign investors from 'small' countries differ in several...