Multinational enterprises and innovation
Subtitle: regional learning in networks
By: by Martin Heidenreich ... [et al.].
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Routledge studies in international business and the world economy -- 50
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415891158
Subjects: International business enterprises; Industrial clusters; Technological innovations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : regional learning in multinational enterprises; title: Innovation in multinational enterprises : between organisational control and social embeddedness; title: The methodological approach; title: The corporate dimension of innovation : an interplay between formalisation and flexibilisation, and concentration and dispersal; title: The regional embeddedness of corporate innovation; title: Regionalised innovation policies in Germany and France; title: Similarities and differences of leadership and cooperation in German and French innovation projects : a contrastive perspective; title: Patterns of industrial R&D across Europe; title: A multi-territorial approach to corporate innovation in MNEs : concluding remarks.