International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on knowledge sharing activities of MNC subsidiaries. Relatively little is known about their...

This book provides a comprehensive picture of the location of technological innovation of multinational corporations in the European Union. The increasingly global research strategies of the world's largest firms are analyzed at a detailed regional level across the major EU countries. This...

Theoretische Grundlagen -- Transferobjekt- bzw. Technologieeigenschaften -- Eigenschaften der beteiligten Unternehmenseinheiten -- Eigenschaften der Beziehung zwischen Sender- und Empfängereinheit -- Koordinationsinstrumente -- Projekteffizienz.