Global Competition and Technology: Essays in the Creation and Application of Knowledge by Multinationals

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Global Interdependence, MNE Strategy and Technology....Pages 3-12
The Implications for Host-Country and Home-Country Competitiveness of the Internationalisation of R&D and Innovation in Multinationals....Pages 13-49
Motivation and Market Strategies of US Foreign Direct Investments: An Analysis of Host-Country Determinants....Pages 51-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Motivation and Organisation of Decentralised R&D....Pages 81-99
Overseas R&D Laboratories in MNEs: An Analysis of their Roles and Motivations....Pages 101-122
Global-Innovation Strategies of MNEs and European Integration: The Role of Regional R&D Facilities....Pages 123-151
Firm-Strategies and the Research-Intensity of US MNEs’ Overseas Operations: An Analysis of Host-Country Determinants....Pages 153-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
The Potential Role of Romania’s Technological and Scientific Capacity in Attracting FDI: An Exploratory Analysis of its National System of Innovation....Pages 183-215
The European R&D Operations of Japanese Multinationals....Pages 217-238
The Globalisation of R&D in Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and Biotechnology: Some New Evidence....Pages 239-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Industrial Policy, MNEs and National Technology....Pages 277-283
Back Matter....Pages 285-294