Год выпуска: 2004 Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 1843764792
Описание
Book DescriptionMultinational Enterprises, Innovative Strategies and Systems of Innovation explores the extent to which multinational enterprises (MNEs) are decentralizing the creation of new technological capabilities to various different countries. Thebook contends that technological strategies and innovation activities undertaken by firms are a critical part of the increasing internationalization of economic activity, and that MNEs are the main actors for these changes. It goes on to explain that MNEs must now effectively manage new technological assets in order to cope with extensive changes in the nature of international competition. Experts from a network of thirteen European countries attempt to promote a better understanding of tendencies towards a new international dynamic of technology creation and diffusion. The contributors to the book then explore the factors determining the process of decentralization and the resulting consequences for national systems of innovation....