1. Introduction : regional learning in multinational enterprises -- 2. Innovation in multinational enterprises … innovation : an interplay between formalisation and flexibilisation, and concentration and dispersal -- 5. The regional … embeddedness of corporate innovation -- 6. Regionalised innovation policies in Germany and France -- 7. Similarities and …

<EM>Consultancy and Innovation</EM> links two important aspects of European economic development in the past thirty … years: the pace of technical and management innovation, and the growing significance of technical and business consultancy …. This book includes detailed studies of consultancy activities or 'knowledge intensive services' (KIS) in eight EU countries …

of modern enterprises that use resources located in universities (including knowledge resources). This unique combination … the fields of entrepreneurship, knowledge management, international relations, and higher education." …