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Book SynopsisAn analysis of the impact of inward investment on the competitiveness of indigenous firms, Multinational Enterprises and Technological Spillovers draws on evidence from the UK and Italian manufacturing sectors to show how foreign presence may generate both virtuous and vicious circles of development according to a number of interrelated factors. These include the level of the foreign presence, its rate of increase, the technological disparities between foreign and indigenous firms and the political response. An examination of the productive and innovatory activities of US and Japanese firms in Europe is also provided to enlighten the differential role of European countries in the global operations of overseas multinationals.
Table of Contents1. Multinational Enterprises and Technological Spillovers: a Survey 2. Multinational Enterprises and Technological Spillovers: an Evolutionary Model 3. Manufacturing and Innovatory Activities of US and Japanese Multinationals in Europe 4. Foreign Multinationals and the British Economy: Technological Spillovers in the Manufacturing Industries 5. Foreign Presence in the Italian Industries: Characteristics and Consequences 6. Concluding Remarks: Towards a System View of Internationalization Processes
