Ivarsson, Inge; Alvstam, Claes Göran - In: World Development 38 (2010) 11, pp. 1575-1587
Summary We use detailed firm-level data from 2008 to show how the world's largest home-furnishing retailer, IKEA from Sweden, provides its suppliers in China and SE Asia with significant technological support to improve their products and processes. This demonstrates that even buyer-driven...