Multinational Enterprises and Innovation - Regional Learning in Networks (Hardcover)

The crucial actors of a global knowledge-based economy are multinational enterprises (MNE). At the same time, the competences in the country and even in the region where the headquarters are located still play a crucial role for the localisation of R&D. MNEs depend on the embeddedness in an institutional framework, since their competitive advantage in the world-wide competition depends crucially on the cross-border utilisation of regional and national capabilities. Complementary to transnational networks, the innovativeness of a company is therefore based also on regional innovation systems. Multinational Enterprises and Innovation contributes to a better understanding of the interconnectedness between organisational and regional learning. On the basis of case studies in Germany and France, we investigate how MNEs cope with technical, economic and institutional uncertainties by drawing upon the complementary strengths of organisational and regional networks in national and European contexts. Thus, the book links two theoretical debates which are currently still largely unconnected -- the debate on learning processes in MNEs and the debate on the regional bases of innovativeness and competitiveness. In this way, we try to answer the question how the observed internationalisation of R&D is reconciled with the crucial role of domestic locations and regional competences.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	2012
Authors:	Martin Heidenreich • Christoph Barmeyer • Knut Koschatzky • Jannika Mattes • Katharina Kruth • Elisabeth Baier
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-89115-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > International business Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-89115-9
Barcode:	9780415891158

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