Multinationals Clusters And Innovation

Author : Blandine Laperche,Paul Sommers,Dimitri Uzunidis
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business enterprises
ISBN : 905201602X

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Innovation Networks and Clusters by Blandine Laperche,Paul Sommers,Dimitri Uzunidis Pdf

In Economics, networks are increasingly used to describe the many links created between independent companies, as well as between them and other institutions (universities, banks, venture capital, etc.). In the current global and knowledge-based economy, they can be characterised as knowledge factories and knowledge boosters. They feed the internal processes of innovation (collaborative innovation) or the external processes of innovation, created by the propagation effects that come from inter-firm collaboration. The book explains how innovation networks are at the origin of the production of new knowledge that will be transformed and used in common as well as in separated production processes. This characteristic of networks as knowledge factories gives incentives to further investment in the production of knowledge and ensures the cumulativeness of the innovation process. Some of the authors clearly take a territorial point of view and study how clusters (in different parts of the world: Europe, Eastern Asia and North America) propelled by the quality of the innovation networks they enclose, can be characterised as knowledge pools into which the local actors will be able to draw to reinforce their individual and collective competitiveness. This book also includes analyses of the quality of the networks built within clusters, which may help their identification.

Author : Miroslav Zizka,Petra Rydvalova
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030799076

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Innovation and Performance Drivers of Business Clusters by Miroslav Zizka,Petra Rydvalova Pdf

This book highlights the importance of clusters for the competitiveness of companies and is divided into three interrelated parts. The first part focuses on localization economics, cluster theory, the role of innovation, and innovation partnerships in cluster formations. The second part of the volume presents original research carried out from 2018 to 2020 in the field of both natural clusters and organized clusters. In addition to examining the impact of cluster membership, the contributions also focus on additional factors that may affect the financial performance of companies. In the third part, an additional survey and case studies are presented, to examine the specifics of family businesses in selected industrial districts of the textile, glass, and jewelry industries. A broader overview of the development of dominant industries in the selected districts is provided, for an easier understanding of the relationships of competition among companies and locations in the business clusters. The book evaluates implications for microeconomic and macroeconomic policies and provides proposals for corporate inter-organizational behavior. This volume addresses scholars and researchers of economics, business, and management, as well as policy-makers and practitioners interested in a better understanding of innovation and performance drivers of business clusters.

Author : Simona Iammarino,Philip McCann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781781954799

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Multinationals and Economic Geography by Simona Iammarino,Philip McCann Pdf

'The world economy is subject to a rapidly increasing globalization, and multinational enterprises are their major driving force. This brand new book on multinationals and economic geography by two world leading economic geographers is a landmark that provides an integrated and dynamic perspective on the economic geography of the multinational enterprise. To fully understand this process of globalization, the book explains forcefully and persuasively that one needs a dynamic perspective on multinational enterprises that brings together disparate literatures on economic geography, knowledge and innovation, global network cities, and international business and management. Embedding it in modern theory of innovation and geography, the book provides not only a state-of-the-art of theories and empirics on the location of multinationals, but goes far beyond that. This book is an absolute "must-read" for any scholar and any student that is interested in multinationals and their location.' – Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Lund University, Sweden 'Despite often playing second fiddle to clusters in the economic geography literature, multinationals are fundamental drivers of economic development. As generators and diffusers of knowledge they have played an essential role in shaping the new world economic order. No book captures this better than Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann's Multinationals and Economic Geography, a must read for anyone eager to fully understand the new economic geography of globalisation.' – Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK After more than fifty years of systematic research on multinational enterprises (MNEs) what is apparent is that there is, as yet, no unified or dominant theory of the MNE. The objective of this book is to bring into focus one particular dimension of MNE behaviour and activity that has been relatively under-researched – namely the geography of the multinational enterprise – as understood through the lens of innovation and technological change. The authors clearly demonstrate that geography is becoming increasingly important for MNEs and, in turn, MNEs are becoming progressively more important for economic geography. The pivot on which this vital relationship turns is the creation, diffusion and management of new knowledge. This unique book will prove a fascinating read for academics, students and researchers across a broad range of areas including geography, economic geography, regional science, international business and management, innovation studies, economic development. Professionals such as corporate managers and policymakers in these fields would also find this book to be of great interest.

Author : A. Tavares,A. Teixeira
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230624948

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Multinationals, Clusters and Innovation by A. Tavares,A. Teixeira Pdf

Countries adopt policies that attract foreign multinationals, stimulate industrial clustering and foster innovation. This book links these topical issues, examining activities of multinational enterprises alongside the efficiency, appropriateness and sufficiency of such policies. With new empirical evidence, it makes practical proposals throughout.

Author : Stefano Breschi,Franco Malerba
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199275556

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Clusters, Networks and Innovation by Stefano Breschi,Franco Malerba Pdf

Examining the role of the much-vaunted concepts of regional clusters in the prosperity and economic expansion of countries, this work looks at the different experiences of industrial districts and high-tech regions such as Silicon Valley, Boston's biotech region, and Hsinchu-Taipei.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-12-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264174399

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Boosting Innovation The Cluster Approach by OECD Pdf

This book shows how technology policy makers in OECD countries are making practical use of the concept of clusters and suggests how government policies to foster innovation might best be refocused.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264193383

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Innovative Clusters Drivers of National Innovation Systems by OECD Pdf

Policies to stimulate innovation at national and local levels must both build on and contribute to the dynamics of innovative clusters. This book presents a series of papers written by policy makers and academic experts in the field, that demonstrate why and how this can be done.

Author : D. Castellani,Davide Castellani,Antonello Zanfei
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847201591

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Multinational Firms, Innovation and Productivity by D. Castellani,Davide Castellani,Antonello Zanfei Pdf

The book assumes an original place in the literature. . . Castellani and Zanfei show that the economic impact of MNEs on innovation and productivity depends on evolutionary features of firms and industries, particularly on the heterogeneity of firm strategies and behaviours. . . this volume contains high-quality, well-written research. . . Simona Iammarino, Research Policy . . . this book offers the reader a well-written and very comprehensive analysis on the link between innovation and internalization which leads to insights into firm heterogeneity. The authors have succeeded in synthesizing the vast body of theoretical and empirical research and given an up-to-date overview of the various issues involved. This is then complemented with their own research findings. . . The book will undoubtedly enrich the debate on the behavior and impact of MNEs. Yama Temouri, Journal of International Business Studies Davide Castellani and Antonello Zanfei, two well-known Italian economists, have brought forth an excellent new book. . . I think this book will serve as a starting-point for many interesting studies, both because of its findings and because of its empirical and theoretical rigour. . . the book lays an excellent and empirically well founded foundation that opens the way for what we need most in research on the international innovatory activities and R&D configurations of MNCs: intrafirm data and the study of intrafirm processes, configurations and specific interactions with the host country environment. The book to me is an important step in moving innovation research forward in this direction. . . I am sure that this book will serve as a thought-provoking starting point for many future studies on firms international innovatory activities and therefore recommend it without any reservation. Marcus M. Keupp, Creativity and Innovation Management Castellani and Zanfei have developed an original and comprehensive analysis of the role of multinational firms in the transfer, creation and diffusion of technology. By developing their view of the multinationals as double network institutions , the authors provide new insights on a variety of key issues at the frontier of economics of international production and innovation. This book is thought-provoking, incisive and topical, and should be required reading for both economists and policymakers alike. Rajneesh Narula, University of Reading, UK Castellani and Zanfei present an in-depth theoretical and empirical analysis of the key issues underpinning the relationship between innovation and multinationality. This book is strongly-recommended reading for any researcher working on innovation or multinationality or the interface between the two. Grazia Ietto-Gillies, London South Bank University, UK 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. Davide Castellani and Antonello Zanfei consider multinationals as heterogeneous institutions that combine internal networks of subsidiaries with external networks of collaborative linkages, to bridge different economic and innovation systems. They examine heterogeneity in productivity and innovative behaviour between multinational and national firms, as well as across and within multinationals. The authors argue that not every foreign firm is a good source of externality, and not every domestic firm is equally well placed to benefit from multinationals. It is shown that spillovers from multinationals differ according to the technological profiles, embeddedness and linkage creation of both foreign and domestic firms active in local markets. The book supports this view with empirical evidence based on illustrative case studies, and on econometric analysis using extensive firm-level datasets on multinati

Author : Martin Heidenreich,Christoph Barmeyer,Knut Koschatzky,Jannika Mattes,Katharina Krüth,Elisabeth Baier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136641640

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Multinational Enterprises and Innovation by Martin Heidenreich,Christoph Barmeyer,Knut Koschatzky,Jannika Mattes,Katharina Krüth,Elisabeth Baier Pdf

The crucial actors of a global knowledge-based economy are multinational enterprises (MNEs). MNEs depend on the embeddedness in an institutional framework; their competitive advantage depends on the cross-border utilisation of regional and national capabilities. The innovativeness of a company is therefore based also on regional innovation systems. Multinational Enterprises and Innovation contributes to a better understanding of the interconnectedness between organisational and regional learning. On the basis of case studies in Germany and France, this volume investigates how MNEs cope with technical, economic and institutional uncertainties by drawing upon the complementary strengths of organisational and regional networks in national and European contexts. The book links two theoretical debates which are currently still largely disconnected -- the debate on learning processes in MNEs and the debate on the regional bases of innovativeness and competitiveness -- answering the question of how the internationalisation of R&D is reconciled with regional competences.

Author : Xavier Tinguely
Publisher : Springer
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137367136

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The New Geography of Innovation by Xavier Tinguely Pdf

Innovation is the main engine of competitiveness. However, in a world in which everything goes faster, the inherent nature of the innovation process has changed. This book assesses both the theoretically and empirically intertwined relationship between innovation, clusters and multinational enterprises in today's economy.

Author : Elvire Meier-Comte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Industrial clusters
ISBN : 3866188021

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Knowledge Transfer and Innovation for a Western Multinational Company in Chinese and Indian Technology Clusters by Elvire Meier-Comte Pdf

Author : Stefano Breschi,Franco Malerba
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191515293

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Clusters, Networks, and Innovation by Stefano Breschi,Franco Malerba Pdf

Governments and regional authorities often express the belief that the key to prosperity and economic expansion is related to the ability of countries to sustain regional clusters of competitiveness and innovation. The book reviews the most important conceptual approaches to the analysis of the emergence, growth and evolution of clusters of innovation. Drawing from the different experiences of industrial districts and high-tech regions such as Silicon Valley, Boston's biotech region, and Hsinchu-Taipei, the contributions in this book offer a broad interpretative framework and policy implications for the creation and strengthening of competitive clusters. Themes include: · the wide variety of existing clusters and the diversity in their emergence and growth; · the international mobility of factors and demand linkages; · the role of different network types and the social setting; · the accumulation of capabilities in key large actors and the importance of spinoffs and new firm formation; · the role of different learning regimes and sectoral specificities; · the importance of social networks, labour mobility, and face-to-face contacts as vehicles of knowledge spillovers. Broad implications are drawn for the design of policies to encourage successful economic clusters in developed and developing clusters.

Author : Paul J.J. Welfens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783642258169

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Clusters in Automotive and Information & Communication Technology by Paul J.J. Welfens Pdf

Information & communication technology (ICT) and the automotive sector are two of the most important industries in the EU and the US. The EU’s eastern expansion and economic globalization have reinforced competition on the one hand; on the other hand the importance of outsourcing and off-shoring has increased. Against this background the intensification of innovation dynamics becomes crucial – and with them the role of regional innovation clusters. The analysis examines seven regions and six EU countries. The focus is on cluster and network dynamics in both industries, as regional ICT clusters are playing an increasingly central role in many European regions. Specialization and structural change in the automotive sector are highlighted, and new strategic approaches for multinational companies and changes in policy options are identified.

Author : Francisco Puig,Berrbizne Urzelai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429816710

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Economic Clusters and Globalization by Francisco Puig,Berrbizne Urzelai Pdf

This volume shows that in today’s globalized world, clusters are an important factor in explaining the different growth rates of firms, cities and regions. Drawing on the expertise of an international contributor team, it covers topics such as clusters and small and medium-sized enterprise competitiveness, innovation and science parks, clusters and multinationals, and information and communication technology clusters. It reveals great diversity in terms of the origin of clusters, the organizational relationships at play, and the characteristics of the firms involved. Taking lessons from a rich variety of literature and empirical cases, the book provides valuable insights for regional development and industrial policy. Economic Clusters and Globalization will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in economic geography, regional studies, entrepreneurship and international business.

Author : Jerome S. Engel
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783470839

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Global Clusters of Innovation by Jerome S. Engel Pdf

øIn the geography of the global economy, there are known Šhot spots� where new technologies germinate at an astounding rate and pools of capital, expertise and talent foster the development of new industries and new ways of doing business. These cluste