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This paper uses firm-level survey data of Kenyan manufacturing industry to examine the significance of FDI and firm-level capabilities in human capital development. It undertakes a detailed descriptive comparison of human capital and other firm-level capabilities generated by both foreign and...
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to present what "innovation response capacity" entails, especially for natural resourcebased industries in a developing … country context. It will also provide an analytical framework that draws elements from agricultural innovation capacity and … the innovation systems framework. This is provided through case study research conducted in Kenya by exploring two …
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the MNC. At the same time, the innovation systems perspective is necessary to explain the foundations of the industry. The …
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In recent years, a number of firms from Asia and Latin America have been internationalizing their businesses to access new markets and to acquire new technology. This follows similar attempts only a few years earlier by leading firms from countries such as Korea and Taiwan. Much research has...
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of MNE R&D. Innovation can be undertaken in order to adapt its existing products and services to local stimuli. This is … 'demand-driven R&D'. Innovation can also be in stand-alone R&D facilities which are considerably more knowledgeintensive, and … tendency to focus on FDI flows is flawed, since knowledge exchanges and innovation are establishment level phenomena. An MNE …
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The recognition that innovation occurs in networks of heterogeneous actors and requires broad systemic support beyond … include fostering integration and interaction among the diverse actors engaged in innovation networks and working on … technological, organisational and institutional innovation. Further, the study identified various organisational arrangements of …
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Knowledge brokering has been explored in the innovation literature to understand how different innovation tasks are …
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The paper focuses on the emergence of Russia's multinational companies. It aims to analyse their motives to internationalise as well as the approaches to internationalisation. While relevance of the theoretical perspectives is highlighted, the intention of the paper is to contribute to the...
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