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Multinationals, Technology & Competitiveness (RLE International Business)
This book explores some aspects of the interface between technology, competitiveness and the role of multinational enterprises in the world economy. This group of essays stresses the role of asset creation and usage, rather than reliance on natural factor endowments as a basis for national competitiveness and examines the role of multinational enterprises as vehicles for technological transfer, and the efficient co-ordination of economic activity across national boundaries.

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Multinationals, Technology & Competitiveness (RLE International Business)
This book explores some aspects of the interface between technology, competitiveness and the role of multinational enterprises in the world economy. This group of essays stresses the role of asset creation and usage, rather than reliance on natural factor endowments as a basis for national competitiveness and examines the role of multinational enterprises as vehicles for technological transfer, and the efficient co-ordination of economic activity across national boundaries.

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Multinationals, Technology & Competitiveness (RLE International Business)

Multinationals, Technology & Competitiveness (RLE International Business)

by John Dunning
Multinationals, Technology & Competitiveness (RLE International Business)

Multinationals, Technology & Competitiveness (RLE International Business)

by John Dunning

Overview

This book explores some aspects of the interface between technology, competitiveness and the role of multinational enterprises in the world economy. This group of essays stresses the role of asset creation and usage, rather than reliance on natural factor endowments as a basis for national competitiveness and examines the role of multinational enterprises as vehicles for technological transfer, and the efficient co-ordination of economic activity across national boundaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415658140
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/27/2012
Series: Routledge Library Editions: International Business
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

About The Author

John Dunning (1942) is an American author of detective fiction. He Is best known for his series of mysteries featuring Denver bookseller Cliff Janeway. Dunning began the series in 1992 with Booked to Die. He has been nominated for multiple awards including the Edgar, Nero, and Anthony Awards. He is also the author of two encyclopedias on Old-Time Radio.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction. 2. International Business in a Changing World Environment. 3. Market Power of the Firm and International Transfer of Technology. 4. Multinational Enterprises, Technology Transfer and National Competitiveness. 5. Inward Direct Investment from the USA and Europe’s Technological Competitiveness. 6. The Changing Role of MNEs in the Creation and Diffusion of Technology. 7. International Direct Investment in Innovation: The Pharmaceutical Industry. 8. The Consequences of the International Transfer of Technology by MNEs: A Home Country Perspective. 9. Multinational Enterprises, Industrial Restructuring and Competitiveness: A UK Perspective. 10. The UK’s International Direct Investment Position in the Mid-1980s. 11. The Anglo-American Connection and Global Competition. 12. Multinational Enterprises and the Organization of Economic Interdependence.

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