Technological Innovations, Multinational Corporations and the New International Competitiveness: The Case of Intermediate Countries

by Jos Molero (Editor)

Overview

The aim of this book is to contribute to a better understanding of those intermediate countries with specific reference to two relevant international areas; those countries of southern Europe whose dynamic is very much influenced by the phases of European construction, and in countries of Latin America where the opening up process has changed the traditional role played by multinational corporations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134364657
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/19/2013
Series:	Routledge Studies in Global Competition
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	332
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jos Molero

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1: New Perspectives on International Competitiveness; 1: Multinational Corporations and Innovatory Activities: Towards a New, Evolutionary Approach; 2: The Localised Creation of Global Technological Advantage; 3: World Oligopoly, Rivalry between “Global” Firms and Global Corporate Competitiveness; 4: Market Failure and Technological Policy *; 5: International Process and Forms of Market Penetration: a Dynamic Proposal; 2: Experiences From Europe and Latin America; 6: Technological Innovation and International Competitiveness in Italy; 7: Innovation in Portuguese Manufacturing Industry; 8: Factors in the Siting and Commercial Behaviour of Multinational Companies in Spain; 9: Technological Strategies of MNCs in Intermediate Countries: The Case of Spain; 10: The TNCs' Changing Investment Strategies in the Latin American Manufacturing Sector