Multinational Enterprises and Innovation: Regional Learning in Networks

by Knut Koschatzky, Martin Heidenreich, Christoph Barmeyer, et al.

The crucial actors of a global knowledge-based economy are multinational enterprises (MNEs). MNEs depend on the embeddedness in an institutional framework; their competitive advantage depends on the cross-border utilisation of regional and national capabilities. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415891159
• ISBN13: 9780415891158
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"