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Authors: Davide Castellani, Antonello Zanfei
ISBN-13: 9781845421984, ISBN-10: 1845421981
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Elgar, Edward Publishing, Inc.
Date Published: August 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Davide Castellani

Book Synopsis

This book will be of great interest to students, researchers, academics, policy makers and practitioners across a wide range of disciplines including: international business, economics and management of innovation, international economics and industrial organisation.

Table of Contents

Pt. IThe changing role of multinational firms in innovation7
1Views on multinational firms and innovation
2The double network structure of multinational firms : a review of the evidence
Pt. IIHow firms differ in innovation, productivity and internationalisation
3Heterogeneity and international involvement
4Heterogeneity across and within multinational firms
Pt. IIIFirm heterogeneity, multinationals and spillovers
5Multinational firms and spillovers : theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues
6In search of horizontal spillovers from multinationals : the role of firms' heterogeneity
AppThe Elios dataset
AppThe community innovation survey (CIS)
AppThe CIS-Elios dataset

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