Format:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415658140
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9781135124212
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: International Business Series
Content:
This book explores some aspects of the interface between technology, competitiveness and the role of multinational enterprises in the world economy. This group of essays stresses the role of asset creation and usage, rather than reliance on natural factor endowments as a basis for national competitiveness and examines the role of multinational enterprises as vehicles for technological transfer, and the efficient co-ordination of economic activity across national boundaries
Note:
Front Cover -- Multinationals, Technology and Competitiveness -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Some Themes of This Monograph -- The Plan of the Book -- 2 International Business in a Changing World Environment -- Introduction -- Antecedents of the MNE -- Multinational Enterprises and Host Country Interaction: The Last Thirty Years -- Towards a New Understanding Between MNEs and Governments -- Some Observations on the Future of MNEs: Government Relationships -- Conclusions -- 3 Market Power of the Firm and International Transfer of Technology -- Introduction -- Phase 1: The Industrial Revolution-To Around 1870 -- Phase 2: 1870-1914 -- Phase 3: 1919-1939 -- Phase 4: 1945-1965 -- Phase 5: 1965-1985 -- 4 Multinational Enterprises, Technology Transfer and National Competitiveness -- Introduction -- Some Theoretical Issues -- Technology Traded Through the Market -- Technology Transfers Within the MNE -- The Influence of MNEs on National Competitiveness -- Measuring and Interpreting National Competitiveness -- Some Evidence Concerning the Impact of the Transfer of Technology Through MNEs on European Competitiveness -- Summary and Conclusions -- 5 Inward Direct Investment from the USA and Europe's Technological Competitiveness -- Introduction -- The Changing Competitive Position of European Industry -- The Growth of the Leading US and European Firms -- The Contribution of US Manufacturing Subsidiaries to European Exports -- The Changing Pattern of the US/European Direct Investment in Manufacturing -- The Technological Balance of Payments: The USA Compared with Europe -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- 6 The Changing Role of MNEs in the Creation and Diffusion of Technology -- Introduction -- The Historical Trend Towards Technological Systems
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11 The Anglo-American Connection and Global Competition -- Introduction -- An Historical Perspective -- Anglo-American Investment Flows Since 1970 -- The Japanese Challenge and New Technological Advances -- Some Effects of Globalization -- The Concept of 'Engineered' Comparative Advantage -- Summary and Conclusions -- 12 Multinational Enterprises and the Organization of Economic Interdependence -- Introduction: Some Taxonomic Issues -- The Organization of Economic Interdependence -- The Nature of Transactions -- An Historical Review -- The Situation Prior to the First World War -- The Retreat into Protectionism -- The Movement Towards Regional Integration -- The Schizophrenic Nature of International Economic Relations -- Conclusions -- References -- Index
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The Dependence of International Technology Transfer and Diffusion on the Structure of Industries -- The Dependence of International Technology Creation and Dissemination on the Global Investment Strategy of MNEs -- The Policy Implications of the Closer Relationship Between the International Creation, Transfer and Diffusion of Technology -- 7 International Direct Investment in Innovation: The Pharmaceutical Industry -- Introduction -- The Scale in International Investment in Pharmaceutical R andamp -- D -- Motives for International Investment in Research -- The Choice of Host Country -- Gains and Losses: A General Review -- The UK Pharmaceutical Industry -- Conclusions -- 8 The Consequences of the International Transfer of Technology by MNEs: A Home Country Perspective -- Introduction -- The Problem Stated -- The Conditions of Technology Transfer -- Multinational Enterprises and Technology Transfer to Developing Countries -- Implications for Industrialized Countries -- Conclusions: Some Policy Implications -- 9 Multinational Enterprises, Industrial Restructuring and Competitiveness: A UK Perspective -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- A New International Division of Labour -- The Impact of New Technology -- The Structural Impact of MNEs in the 1960s and 1970s: Some Theoretical Considerations -- Measuring the Impact of MNEs on UK Industrial Structure -- The Statistical Testing -- Policy Implications -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- 10 The U K's International Direct Investment Position in the Mid-I980s -- Introduction -- Some Theoretical Issues -- Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Welfare -- UK Inward and Outward Investment: The Statistical Picture -- An Explanation of the Data -- Some Structural Considerations -- International Direct Investment and the Efficiency of Resource Allocation -- Conclusions -- Appendix
Additional Edition:
Print version Dunning, John Multinationals, Technology and Competitiveness (RLE International Business) Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415658140
Language:
English
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