Multinationals and emerging economies : the quest for innovation and sustainability /
The global economy is changing rapidly and multinational corporations (MNCs) are at the forefront of this transformation. This book provides analyses of how MNCs and emerging economies are related, and how this relationship affects the dynamics of the global economy
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham :
Edward Elgar,
c2009
Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA : c2009 Cheltenham, Glos., UK : c2009 Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : [2009], ©2009 Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : c2009 |
| Series: | Innovation, co-operation and development
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ionara Costa, Wilfred Dolfsma and Geert Duysters
- 1. Multinationals are multicultural units: some indications from a cross-cultural study / Nantawan Noi Kwanjai and J. Friso den Hertog
- 2. innovativeness of foreign firms in China / Branka Urem, Ludovico Alcorta and Tongliang An
- 3. New Europe's promise for life sciences / Sergey Filippov and Kálmán Kalotay
- 4. Facing the trial of internationalizing clinical research to developing countries: evidence from Mexico / Fernando Santiago-Rodriguez
- Intermezzo I. Do multinationals matter for emerging markets, or vice versa? / Rajneesh Narula
- 5. Strategic motivations for international alliances: the Chinese perspective / Tina Saebi and Qinqin Dong
- 6. Cross-border investment and economic integration: the case of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong SAR / Naubahar Sharif and Can Huang
- 7. The 'making of' national giants: the international expansion of oil companies from Brazil and China / Flavia Carvalho and Andrea Goldstein
- 8. Beyond the emission market: Kyoto and the internationalization of firms from the waste industry / Asel Doranova, Geert-Jan Eenhoorn and Ionara Costa
- Intermezzo II. Emerging knowledge economies / Jojo Jacob and Luc Soete
- 9. Changing configuration of alternative energy systems / Radhika Perrot
- 10. Serving low-income markets: rethinking multinational corporations' strategies / Shuan SadreGhazi and Geert Duysters