Multinational enterprises and innovation : regional learning in networks /
Martin Heidenreich ... [et al.].
- New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.
- xiv, 327 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 50 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-315) and index.
Introduction : regional learning in multinational enterprises -- Innovation in multinational enterprises : between organisational control and social embeddedness -- The methodological approach -- The corporate dimension of innovation : an interplay between formalisation and flexibilisation, and concentration and dispersal -- The regional embeddedness of corporate innovation -- Regionalised innovation policies in Germany and France -- Similarities and differences of leadership and cooperation in German and French innovation projects : a contrastive perspective -- Patterns of industrial R&D across Europe -- A multi-territorial approach to corporate innovation in MNEs : concluding remarks.
International business enterprises--Germany. International business enterprises--France. Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Germany. Technological innovations--Economic aspects--France. Industrial clusters--Germany. Industrial clusters--France.