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 : Palgrave Pivot
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 159 pages)
• Subjects: 658.1/8; Business; International business enterprises; Technological innovations -- Management; Subsidiary corporations; Corporations, Foreign; Research, Industrial; Industrial location; Organizational behavior; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior; Corporations, Foreign; Industrial location; International business enterprises; Organizational behavior; Research, Industrial; Subsidiary corporations; Technological innovations -- Management; Business & Economics -- International -- Economics; Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management; Business & Economics -- Management; Business & Economics -- Information Management; Business & management; Research & development management; International economics; Management & management techniques; Knowledge management; Management science; Leadership; International business enterpris; Management; International economics; Knowledge management; Business strategy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137555441; 1137555440
• Related ISBNs: 9781349717200; 1137555432; 1137555459
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-156) and index.; Note: Publisher supplied information; title not viewed.
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