Purpose – This paper aims to analyze how the Brazilian and Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) policies can contribute to the economic development of their home countries. Design/methodology/approach – The aforementioned objective is achieved through a comparative analysis of...

The resurgence of subsidies and industrial policies has raised concerns about their potential inefficiency and alignment with multilateral principles. Critics warn that such policies may divert resources to less efficient firms and provoke retaliatory measures from other countries, leading to a...

"This book examines state-business relations in semi-peripheral South Africa and peripheral Zimbabwe after each country's transition to majority rule. Baran examines the implementation of liberalisation and indigenisation policies by the majority governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe used to...