Abstract
Challenger multinational corporations are an emerging phenomenon in global development dynamics. Whereas multinational corporations from the Global North have been at the forefront of foreign direct investments in the Global South, challenger multinational corporations are changing this paradigm by controlling a large proportion of investments within the hemisphere. Critiques from the Global North have, however, increasingly identified the dangers of debt traps iminent in the structure of existing economic relationships within the Global South. The consequent benefits arising from the relationships however still endear the countries of the Global South to one another.
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Were, E.M. (2024). Locating Challenger Multinational Corporations in Global Development Paradigm Shifts. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_212-2
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