Developing countries and incipient industrialization : a case study of enterprise clutering and inter-firm relations in small and medium-scale manufacuring industries in Lobatse, Botswana

Botswana’s small and large towns offer good examples of incipient industrialization and enterprise clustering in a developing economy. Using data from Lobatse, a small industrial centre in Botswana, this brief paper shows that clustering in developing countries does not necessarily induce high inter-firm relationships as is the case in industrialized countries. Relations are limited among firms within clusters.