This paper examines the co-evolution of MNE activities and institutions external and internal to the firm. We develop a theoretical framework for this analysis which draws on the more recent writings of Douglass North on institutions as a response to complex forms of uncertainty associated with...

This paper examines the impact of US firms on technological competitiveness in Europe between 1955-75 through a dynamic application of the eclectic theory of international trade and production. It looks at the improvement in the trading performance of European countries, and finds that in...

This article examines the evolution of the industrial structure of local technological development by U.S.-owned multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and over the more recent period 1969-1995. Using a survey of U.S. subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and more...