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Title: | Host-country co-operation with transnational corporations in joint ventures: two contrasting models |
Author: | Date-Bah, S.K. |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | Journal of Eastern African Research and Development |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 64-72 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Sierra Leone Zambia |
Subjects: | multinational enterprises joint ventures |
Abstract: | The common feature of the classical concession contracts granted during the colonial period is the absolute control and ownership rights that they vest in the concessionaries over the enterprises they invest in. Some Third World governments have, after attainment of independence, nationalised such foreign-controlled enterprises, others have sought to achieve a measure of control over the activities of the transnational owners of such enterprises, through the device of the joint venture. Both Zambia and Sierra Leone have chosen the latter strategy. This article examines the kind of joint venture evolved by negotiations between these two governments and the relevant transnational corporations and how responsive the respective structures worked out have been to the demands and aspirations which led to the adoption of the joint venture model. Notes. |