The Strategic Development of Multinationals by Papanastassiou, Robert Pearce Marina -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

The Strategic Development of Multinationals

Subsidiaries and Innovation Contents List of Tables and Figures

Tables Figures

List of Contributors Acknowledgments 1 Subsidiaries, Innovation and the Strategic Development of Multinationals

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2 Creative Transition and the Role of MNE Subsidiaries in Host-Country Industrialization

Introduction Roles of subsidiaries Sources of technology used in subsidiaries Regression tests Conclusions

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3 Strategic Internalization and the Growth of the Multinational Firm

Introduction Sources of creative knowledge Subsidiary roles and hypotheses Results Conclusions

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4 Technology Sourcing in Multinational Enterprises and the Roles of Subsidiaries: An Empirical Investigation

Introduction Theoretical background and literature review Research questions and sample characteristics Sources of technology in foreign subsidiaries in Greece Econometric analysis and results

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Conclusions Note

5 Strategic Heterogeneity in MNEs and the Integrating European Economy

Introduction MNEs’ competitive strategies and location factors

Market-seeking (MS) Efficiency-seeking (ES) Knowledge-seeking (KS) Agglomeration influences – FDI stock

Categorizing the EU-I5 countries Data and methodology Results Conclusions Notes

6 To ‘Almost See the World’: Hierarchy and Strategy in Hymer’s View of the Multinational

Introduction The hierarchical MNC and uneven development Strategic diversity in the contemporary MNC Global supply networks-efficiency-seeking Innovation and R&D – knowledge-seeking Heterarchy Conclusions Notes

7 Individualism and Interdependence in the Technological Development of MNEs: The Strategic Positioning of R&D in Overseas Subsidiaries

Introduction R&D and interdependent individualism R&D in UK subsidiaries of MNEs Roles of MNE subsidiaries’ R&D laboratories Absence of R&D Conclusions

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8 Multinationals and National Systems of Innovation: Strategy and Policy Issues

Introduction From the product cycle to global innovation strategies A global innovation strategy A national system of innovation MNEs’ participation in NSIs

(i) Basic research (ii) Applied research (iii) Product development (iv) Adaptation

Conclusions

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9 Externalization and Individualism: MNE Laboratories’ R&D Collaborations

Introduction Extent of MNE laboratories’ scientific collaborations Content of R&D collaborations Motivations for collaborations Forms of collaborations and universities Conclusion

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10 Funding Sources and the Strategic Roles of Decentralized R&D in Multinationals

Introduction Roles of laboratories Sources of funding Conclusions

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11 Globalization of Technology and the Movement of Scientific Personnel in Multinational Enterprises in Europe

Introduction Results

Conclusion

12 Multinationals and Economic Development in the Era of Globalization

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References Index