Global Competition and Technology

List of Tables - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Authors - PART 1: STRATEGIC EVOLUTION AND TECHNOLOGY IN MNEs - Global Interdependence, MNE Strategy and Technology - The Implications for Host-country and Home-country Competitiveness of the Internationalisation of R & D and Innovation in Multinationals - Motivation and Market Strategies of US Foreign Direct Investments: An Analysis of Host-country Determinants, with Marina Papanastassiou - PART 2: OVERSEAS R & D AND TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN MNEs - Motivation and Organisation of Decentralised R & D, with Satwinder Singh - Overseas R & D Laboratories in MNEs: An Analysis of Their Roles and Motivations, with Satwinder Singh - Global-innovation Strategies of MNEs and European Integration: the Role of Regional R & D Facilities, with Marina Papanastassiou - Firm Strategies and the Research Intensity of US MNEs'Overseas Operations: an Analysis of Host-country Determinants, with Marina Papanastassiou - PART 3: INDUSTRY AND COUNTRY CASES - The Potential Role of Romania's Technological and Scientific Capacity in Attracting FDI: An Exploratory Analysis of its National System of Innovation, with Julia Manea - The European Research and Development Operations of Japanese Multinationals - The Globalisation of R & D in Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and Biotechnology: Some New Evidence, with Gurkanwal Singh Pooni - PART 4: POLICY CONCLUSIONS - Industrial Policy, MNEs and National Technology - Index