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This innovative book analyses the geographical patterns in foreign direct investment flows by combining elements from the theory of international production and the theory of economic geography. It develops a model for explaining why foreign direct investment is attracted to certain locations....
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implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …
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Enlargement of the EU increases economic diversity and inequality between countries and regions, making cohesion … entrepreneurship; a crucial factor in reducing the economic disparity caused by the geographic expansion of the EU. The book offers new … individual and cross-country analyses. FDI in accession countries is examined, as is the effect of EU integration on own …
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This detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It contains systematic national comparative...
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This book develops and illustrates a comprehensive, multi-level framework for the evaluation of industrial R&D activities and the measurement of their performances. The framework encompasses a set of hierarchical, interrelated levels at which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be...
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Drawing upon evolutionary economics and resource-based approaches, the author utilises US patent data from 1930-1990 to examine the persistence of corporate technological competencies and their gradual erosion through diversifying incremental change. The book explores the changing nature of this...
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