upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in … system of innovation. Based on postal firm surveys of more than 2,000 firms and additional personal interviews, the empirical … national system of innovation by transferring embodied (e.g. machinery) and disembodied (e.g. patents) technology as well as …

more Multinationals have rushed into the Chinese consumer goods market to seek new and tremendous market development … opportunities. For local Chinese companies, the numerous entries of Multinationals have seriously threatened their existing market … Chinese companies using any of those four options to compete against the entry of Multinationals into their home markets can …

effects on American jobs, wages, income distribution, trade and payments balances, the pace of R&D and innovation, the size of …

profitability. These multinationals are trapped by their own devices in gilded cages, serving the affluent few and ignoring the … attract billions of new consumers, the marketing programs of multinationals need to be rethought from the ground up. We …

country seems to be restructuring its export profile towards a more sophisticated one, directed to innovation, and less … dependent on external input. On the other hand, the important and growing exit of the Chinese multinationals is due to the will …