The strategic development of multinationals : subsidiaries and innovation / Marina Papanastassiou and Robert Pearce.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index.

Subsidiaries, Innovation and the Strategic Development of Multinationals / M. Papanastassiou and R. Pearce -- Creative Transition and the Role of MNE Subsidiaries in Host-country Industrialisation / R. Pearce and M. Papanastassiou -- Strategic Internalisation and the Growth of the Multinational Firm / R. Pearce, M. Papanastassiou and F. Filippaios -- Technology Sourcing in Multinational Enterprises and the Roles of Subsidiaries: an Empirical Investigation / D. Manolopoulos, M. Papanastassiou and R. Pearce -- Strategic Heterogeneity and MNEs' Investments in the Integrating European Economy / D. Dimitropoulou, R. Pearce and M. Papanastassiou -- To "Almost See the World": Hierarchy and Strategy in Hymer's View of the Multinational / R. Pearce and M. Papanastassiou -- Individualism and Interdependence in the Technological Development of MNEs: the Strategic Positioning of R&D in Overseas Subsidiaries / M. Papanastassiou and R. Pearce -- Multinationals and National Systems of Innovation: Strategy and Policy Issues / R. Pearce and M. Papanastassiou -- Externalization and Individualism : MNE Laboratories' R&D Collaborations / R. Pearce and M. Papanastassiou -- Funding Sources and the Strategic Roles of Decentralised R&D in Multinationals / M. Papanastassiou and R. Pearce -- Globalisation of Technology and the Movement of Scientific Personnel in Multinational Enterprises in Europe / M. Papanastassiou, R. Pearce and G.Anastassopoulos -- Multinationals and Economic Performance in the Era of Globalisation / R. Pearce and M. Papanastassiou