Innovation and the multinational firm : perspectives on foreign subsidiaries and host locations /: perspectives on foreign subsidiaries and host locations. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alessandra Perri.
• Authors: Perri, Alessandra
• Contents: Introduction; PART I: MANAGING INNOVATION ACROSS GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE: AN OVERVIEW; 1. Innovation in Multinational Firms and the Role of Geography; 1.1 Innovation and the Multinational Firm; 1.2 Models and Processes of Innovation in Multinational Firms; 1.3 R&D Internationalization and the Role of Geography; 1.3.1 Tacit Knowledge, Proximity and Co-location; 1.4 Is R&D Really International?; 2. Managing Innovation in Multinational Firms; 2.1 Forces behind R&D Internationalization; 2.2 Types of Innovation-Driven Foreign Direct Investment; 2.3 Location Choices of R&D Facilities; 2.4 Organizational Challenges in Multinational Innovation; 2.4.1 Orchestrating Geographically Dispersed Innovation Activities; PART II: A MULTI-LEVEL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED INNOVATION IN MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; 3. Perspectives on Subsidiaries; 3.1 The Evolution of Subsidiary-Level Research; 3.2 Changing Roles: from Passive to Active Subsidiaries; 3.3 Internal and External Drivers of Subsidiary Evolution; 3.3.1 The Influence of the Internal Network; 3.3.2 The Influence of the External Network; 3.4 An Innovation Management Perspective; 3.4.1 Knowledge Creation; 3.4.2 Knowledge Protection; 4. Perspectives on Host-Locations; 4.1 Integrating International Business, Innovation and Economic Geography perspectives; 4.2 The case of FDI Spillovers to Host-locations; 4.3 Antecedents of FDI Knowledge Spillovers; 4.4 Place and Space: Locational Features for MNC Innovation; 5. Integrating Perspectives; 5.1 The Relevance of Locations for MNC Innovation; 5.2 The Case of FDI Spillovers to Host-locations; 5.3 Antecedents of FDI Knowledge Spillovers; 5.3.1 Macro-level Perspectives; 5.3.2 Meso-level Perspectives; 5.3.3 Micro-level Perspectives; 5.4 Implications for the Study of FDI Spillovers to Host-locations; 6. Concluding Remarks and New Research Directions; 6.1 Concluding Observations; 6.2 Potential Research Opportunities; ;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.4063; Technological innovations; International business enterprises -- Technological innovations -- Management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137555458; 9781137555441
• Related ISBNs: 9781137555434
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