Innovation and institutional embeddedness of multinational companies
pt. 1. Challenges and varieties of corporate embeddedness -- pt. 2. Knowledge infrastructure as embedding devices -- pt. 3. The social and political construction of corporate embeddedness
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham [England]
Edward Elgar Pub
2012
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| Series: | New horizons in international business
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | pt. 1. Challenges and varieties of corporate embeddedness -- pt. 2. Knowledge infrastructure as embedding devices -- pt. 3. The social and political construction of corporate embeddedness Multinational companies are crucial actors in a global knowledge-based economy, combining the advantages of global and locally coordinated production and innovation strategies with specific regional and national factors. This book questions how MNCs can best exploit institutionally embedded knowledge, explores the utilization of external institutionally embedded knowledge in corporate innovation processes, and addresses the challenges of embeddedness |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 361 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9780857934321 9780857934338 |