Multinationals, Clusters and Innovation: Does Public Policy Matter?

✍ Scribed by Ana Teresa Tavares, Aurora Teixeira

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 353
• Edition: illustrated edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Most countries adopt policies in order to attract foreign multinationals, stimulate industrial clustering and to foster innovation. This book links these topical issues. It examines the activities of multinational enterprises, their contribution to cluster development, how they stimulate linkages with domestic firms and contribute to innovation. The efficiency, appropriateness and sufficiency of these policies is discussed, and practical proposals made throughout the volume. New empirical evidence is provided on a variety of industries and country contexts.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 12
Notes on Contributors......Page 15
Preface......Page 23
1 Introduction......Page 24
Part I Multinationals and Innovation......Page 34
2 Knowledge Flows between Multinational Enterprises and National Innovation Systems: The Case of Austria......Page 36
3 Do External Knowledge Spillovers Induce Firms’ Innovations? Evidence from Slovenia......Page 50
4 Product Innovation as a Source of FDI Spillovers? The Case of Chinese State-owned Enterprises......Page 71
5 Obstacles to Innovation and Multinational Firms in the Italian Regions: Firm-level Evidence from the Third Community Innovation Survey......Page 86
Part II Clusters and Industrial Development......Page 108
6 Evolution of Industry Clusters through Spin-offs and the Role of Flagship Firms......Page 110
7 Promoting Industrial Clusters: Evidence from Ireland......Page 130
8 Emerging Business Models for Biotechnology Firms and Clusters: Policy Responses in Peripheral Regions of the EU......Page 143
Part III Linkages between Multinationals and Local Firms......Page 166
9 Determining Factors of Subsidiary Development......Page 168
10 Subsidiaries, Knowledge Development and MNE Re-Investments......Page 183
11 Is Government Support Really Worth It? Developing Local Supply Linkages in Malaysia......Page 202
Part IV Innovations and Linkages......Page 220
12 Globalization of Innovative Capabilities in the Late-industrializing Context: Evidence from Local Firms and TNC Subsidiaries in Brazil......Page 222
13 Assessing Value Creation and Backward Linkages in Foreign Investment: A Combination of Macro and Micro Tools......Page 237
14 International Buyer–Supplier Relationships, Transfer of Knowledge and Local Suppliers’ Capability......Page 257
Part V Policy Issues......Page 276
15 Multinational Subsidiaries and Innovation Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: Alignment and Autonomy......Page 278
16 Effective Tax Rates as a Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and East European Countries: A Panel Analysis......Page 295
17 Multinationals and National Systems of Innovation: Strategy and Policy Issues......Page 312
18 Conclusions and Policy Issues......Page 331
C......Page 348
F......Page 349
I......Page 350
M......Page 351
S......Page 352
W......Page 353