Multinational Enterprises and Technological Spillovers

ISBN-13: 9781138002265 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 202 str.

Tommaso Perez

Opis

An analysis of the impact of inward investment on the competitiveness of indigenous firms, this book draws on evidence from the UK and Italian manufacturing sectors to show how foreign presence may generate both virtuous and vicious circles of development according to a number of interrelated factors.

Spis treści

1. Multinational Enterprises and Technological Spillovers: a Survey 2. Multinational Enterprises and Technological Spillovers: an Evolutionary Model 3. Manufacturing and Innovatory Activities of US and Japanese Multinationals in Europe 4. Foreign Multinationals and the British Economy: Technological Spillovers in the Manufacturing Industries 5. Foreign Presence in the Italian Industries: Characteristics and Consequences 6. Concluding Remarks: Towards a System View of Internationalization Processes

O autorze

Tommaso Perez