ROBERT PEARCE is Professor of International Business; University of Reading. He has published extensively in the areas of International Business and Economics .His current research interests are in the global strategies of MNEs, their creation and application of technology, and the application of these aspects of MNEs' behaviour to issues in Economics. MARINA PAPANASTASSIOU is a Research Professor in Internationalization and Management of Innovation in Multinational Corporations at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Her research interests focus on the internationalisation process of R & D and the evolution of the roles of overseas subsidiaries in Multinational Enterprises. She has an extensive range of publications in international refereed academic journals, chapters in books and has co-authored 2 books (with Robert Pearce) on 'Multinationals, Technology and National Competitiveness' and 'The Technological Competitiveness of Japanese Multinationals: The European Dimension'. In 2002 she served as the President of the European International Business Academy (EIBA).;Originally published in: 2009.
Subsidiaries, Innovation and the Strategic Development of Multinationals --;M. Papanastassiou & R. Pearce Creative Transition and the Role of MNE Subsidiaries in Host-country Industrialisation --;R. Pearce & M. Papanastassiou Strategic Internalisation and the Growth of the Multinational Firm --;R. Pearce, M. Papanastassiou & F. Filippaios Technology Sourcing in Multinational Enterprises and the Roles of Subsidiaries: an Empirical Investigation --;D. Manolopoulos, M. Papanastassiou & R. Pearce Strategic Heterogeneity and MNEs' Investments in the Integrating European Economy --;D. Dimitropoulou, R. Pearce & M. Papanastassiou To "Almost See the World": Hierarchy and Strategy in Hymer's View of the Multinational --;R. Pearce & M. Papanastassiou Individualism and Interdependence in the Technological Development of MNEs: the Strategic Positioning of R & D in Overseas Subsidiaries --;M. Papanastassiou & R. Pearce Multinationals and National Systems of Innovation: Strategy and Policy Issues --;R. Pearce & M. Papanastassiou Internalisation and Individualism : MNE Laboratories' R & D Collaborations --;R. Pearce & M. Papanastassiou Funding Sources and the Strategic Roles of Decentralised R & D in Multinationals --;M. Papanastassiou & R. Pearce Globalisation of Technology and the Movement of Scientific Personnel in Multinational Enterprises in Europe --;M. Papanastassiou, R. Pearce & G. Anastassopoulos Multinationals and Economic Performance in the Era of Globalisation --;R. Pearce & M. Papanastassiou.
Globalization is a 'buzz-word' for the twenty-first century, but this volume argues that it is not possible to understand the current global economy without understanding the multinational.