This Masters Thesis is a synthesis of two papers that address how changes in globalindustrial structures affect regional-specific industrial organization. The first paper is acharacterization of the response of Indonesian manufacturing firms to the Asianfinancial crisis in 1997. The second paper...

What makes or breaks the decision for an MNC to enter an emerging market beyond incentives for profit-maximization? What role exists for public-private partnerships as a mechanism for value capture in agricultural biotechnology investments into uncertain markets? The objective of the paper is to...