Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-238) and index.
Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I The changing role of multinational firms in innovation; 2. The double network structure of multinational firms: a review of the evidence; PART II How firms differ in innovation, productivity and internationalisation; 3. Heterogeneity and international involvement; 4. Heterogeneity across and within multinational firms; 5. Multinational firms and spillovers: theoretical, methodological and empirical issues; 6. In search of horizontal spillovers from multinationals: the role of firms' heterogeneity; Appendix; Endnotes; References.
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This book gets to the root of how and why multinational firms differ in the cross-border creation, transfer and diffusion of technology, and provides fresh evidence on the effects that these differences have on productivity and innovation in the economic systems in which they are active.
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