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Tables of Contents for Multinational Enterprises, Innovative Strategies and Systems of Innovation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of figures
vii
List of tables
ix
List of contributors
xiii
Acknowledgements
xix
List of abbreviations
xxi
Introduction
1
16
John Cantwell
Jose Molero
PART I NEW TRENDS IN MNE TECHNOLOGICAL ORGANISATION: CENTRALISATION VERSUS DECENTRALISATION
Global innovation strategies of MNEs: implications for host economies
17
30
Francesca Sanna-Randaccio
Reinhilde Veugelers
Path-dependency and coherence in international networks of technological innovation
47
34
John Cantwell
Elena Kosmopoulou
Linking corporate-wide global R&D activities
81
24
Guido Reger
Germany and the internationalisation of industrial R&D: new trends and old patterns
105
24
Jakob Edler
Understanding the growth of international R&D alliances
129
26
Rajneesh Narula
PART II THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MNES AND SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION
Partnerships for knowledge in business and academia: a comparison between Europe and the USA
155
22
Daniele Archibugi
Alberto Coco
The technological strategies of multinational enterprises: their implications for national systems of innovation
177
29
Jose Molero
Isabel Alvarez
Networks and learning processes: a case study on the automotive industry in Portugal
206
28
Vitor Corado Simoes
Foreign involvement in acquiring and producing new knowledge: the case of Hungary
234
35
Annamaria Inzelt
National innovation systems: absorptive capacity and firm competitiveness
269
21
Theodosios Palaskas
Maria Tsampra
Epilogue -- after the stock market turnabout: questions and hypotheses
290
15
Francois Chesnais
Index
305