, the volume and nature of innovation and research and development (R&D) activities of these firms will be explored as well … and innovation activities of firms have been taking place now more rapidly and at a more global scale in the automotive … automobile industry, the existence of increasing relationships between MNCs and local firms and the extensive R&D and innovation …

development focus on geographic proximity as a pioneering factor of innovation. However, “new” theories highlight the increased … of innovation-knowledge economy and the growing literature on network theory will be discussed. Firstly, the concepts of … industrial zones, innovative environment, clusters, regional innovation systems and learning regions which can be defined as …