The strategic development of multinationals
Subtitle: subsidiaries and innovation
By: Marina Papanastassiou and Robert Pearce
Contributors: Pearce, Robert D., 1943-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780230551336
Description: "Globalization is a "buzz-word" for the twenty-first century, but this volume argues that it is not possible to understand the current global economy without understanding the multinational"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Subsidiaries, innovation and the strategic development of multinationals / M.Papanastassiou & R.Pearce; title: Creative transition and the role of MNE subsidiaries in host-country industrialization / R.Pearce & M.Papanastassiou; title: Strategic internalisation and the growth of the multinational firm / R.Pearce, M.Papanastassiou & F.Filippaios; title: Technology sourcing in multinational enterprises and the roles of subsidiaries: an empirical investigation / D.Manolopoulos, M.Papanastassiou & R.Pearce; title: Strategic heterogeneity and MNEs and the integrating European economy / D.Dimitropoulou, R.Pearce & M.Papanastassiou; title: To "almost see the world": hierarchy and strategy in hymer's view of the multinational / R.Pearce & M.Papanastassiou; title: Individualism and interdependence in the technological development of MNEs: the strategic positioning of R&D in overseas subsidiaries / M.Papanastassiou & R.Pearce; title: Multinationals and national systems of innovation: strategy and policy issues / R.Pearce & M.Papanastassiou; title: Externalization and individualism : MNE laboratories' R&D collaborations / R.Pearce & M.Papanastassiou; title: Funding sources and the strategic roles of decentralized R&D in multinationals / M.Papanastassiou & R.Pearce; title: Globalization of technology and the movement of scientific personnel in multinational enterprises in Europe / M.Papanastassiou, R.Pearce &G.Anastassopoulos; title: Multinationals and economic performance in the era of globalization / R.Pearce & M.Papanastassiou.