Multinationals, Clusters and Innovation

Does Public Policy Matter?
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-349-54622-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Countries adopt policies that attract foreign multinationals, stimulate industrial clustering and foster innovation. This book links these topical issues, examining activities of multinational enterprises alongside the efficiency, appropriateness and sufficiency of such policies. With new empirical evidence, it makes practical proposals throughout.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tavares, A.

Teixeira, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction; A.Teixeira & A.T.Tavares PART ONE: MULTINATIONALS AND INNOVATION Knowledge Flows Between Multinational Enterprises and National Innovation Systems: The Case Of Austria; B.Dachs & B.Ebersberger Do External Knowledge Spillovers Induce Firms' Innovations?: Evidence from Slovenia; J.P.Damijan, A.Jaklic, M.Rojec Product Innovation as a Source of FDI Spillovers?: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises; S.Girma, Y.Gong & H.Görg Obstacles to Innovation and Multinational Firms in the Italian Regions: Firm-Level Evidence from the Third Community Innovation Survey; S.Iammarino, F.Sanna-Randaccio & M.Savona PART TWO: CLUSTERS AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT Evolution of Industry Clusters Through Spin-offs and the Role of Flagship Firms; M.P.Ferreira, A.T.Tavares & W.Hesterly Promoting Industrial Clusters: Evidence from Ireland; A.M.Gleeson, F.Ruane & J.Sutherland Emerging Business Models for Biotechnology Firms and Clusters: Policy Responses in Peripheral Regions of the EU; E.Peters & S.Young PART THREE: LINKAGES BETWEEN MULTINATIONALS AND LOCAL FIRMS Determining Factors of Subsidiary Development; T.Pedersen Subsidiaries, Knowledge Development and MNE Re-Investments; U.Andersson & M.Persson Is Government Support Really Worth It?: Developing Local Supply Linkages in Malaysia; A.Giroud PART FOUR: INNOVATIONS AND LINKAGES Globalization of Innovative Capabilities in the Late-Industrialising Context: Evidence from Local Firms and TNC Subsidiaries in Brazil; P.N.Figueiredo Assessing Value Creation and Backward Linkages in Foreign Investment: A Combination of Macro and Micro Tools; T.Morais da Costa, A.Videira & F.Veloso International Buyer-Supplier Relationships, Transfer of Knowledge and Local Suppliers Capability; C.A.Varum PART FIVE: POLICY ISSUES Multinational Subsidiaries and Innovation Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: Alignment and Autonomy; K.Männik & N.von Tunzelmann Effective Tax Rates as a Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: A Panel Analysis; C.Bellak & M.Leibrecht Multinationals and National Systems of Innovation: Strategy and Policy Issues; R.Pearce & M.Papanastassiou Conclusions and Policy Issues; A.T.Tavares & A.Teixeira Index

Über Autor(innen)

ULF ANDERSSON Professor of International Business, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
CHRISTIAN BELLAK Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics, Austria
TERESA MORAIS DA COSTA Project Specialist, Foreign Direct Investment, Intéli, Portugal
BERNHARD DACHS Researcher, Department of Technology Policy, ARC Systems Research, Austria
JO E DAMIJAN Assistant Professor, University of Ljubljana, and Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research, Slovenia
BERND EBERSBERGER Senior Researcher, Department of Innovation Systems and Policy, Fraunhofer ISI, Germany
MANUEL P. FERREIRA Assistant Professor, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
PAULO NERGEIROS FIGUEIREDO Professor of Technological Learning and Industrial Innovation, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil
SOURAFEL GIRMA Reader in Industrial Economics, University of Nottingham Business School, UK
AXÈLE GIROUD Senior Lecturer in International Business, Bradford University School of Management, UK
ANNE MARIE GLEESON PhD Candidate, Economics, Trinity College, Republic of Ireland
YUNDAN GONG Doctoral Student, University of Nottingham Business School, UK
HOLGER GÖRG Reader in International Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK, and Research Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) and IZA Bonn, Germany
WILLIAM HESTERLY Zeke Dumke Professor of Management, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, USA
SIMONA IAMMARINO Senior Lecturer, Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK
ANDREJA JAKLIC Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
MARKUS LEIBRECHT Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics, Austria
KATRIN MÄNNIK Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia
MARINA PAPANASTASSIOU Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
ROBERT PEARCE Reader in International Business, Reading University Business School, UK
TORBEN PEDERSEN Professor of International Business, Centre for Strategic Management and Globalization, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
MAGNUS PERSSON Doctoral Student, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
EWEN PETERS Strategy Consultant and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, SIBU, University of Strathclyde, USA
MATIJA ROJEC Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
FRANCES RUANE Professor of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
FRANCESCA SANNA-RANDACCIO Professor of Economics, Department of Systems and Computer Sciences, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy
MARIA SAVONA Post-doctoral Fellow, BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (UMR CNRS 7522) Université Louis Pasteur, France
JULIE SUTHERLAND Research Associate, Institute of International Integration Studies, Trinity College, Republic of Ireland
NICK VON TUNZELMANN R.M. Phillips Professor of Science & Technology Policy, Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK
FRANCISCO VELOSO Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
ALEXANDRE VIDEIRA Adviser in the Staff of the Secretary of State for Industry and Innovation, Portugal
CELESTE AMORIM VARUM Assistant Professor and Director of the Economics Programme, University of Aveiro, Portugal
STEPHEN YOUNG Professor, School of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, UK