Multinationals, Governments and International Technology Transfer (RLE International Business)

1. An Interpretive Summary A E Safarian. Part 1: Technology Transfers and the Multinational Enterprise. 2. Multinational Enteprises, International Investments and Transfers of Technology: the Elements of an Integrated Approach Jean-Louis Mucchielli 3. Trends in Technological Competitiveness within the OECD, 1970-80 Bernadette Madeuf. 4. International Knowledge Transfers and Competitiveness: Canada as a Case Study D C MacCharles. Part 2: Multinational Enterprise Strategies and National Policies 5. Contractual Agreements and International Technology Transfers: The Empirical Studies Bernard Bonin. 6. Multinational Enterprises: Transfer Partners and Transfer Policies Gilles Y Bertin. 7. The Development of Technology in MNEs: A Cross-Country and Industry Study Hamid Etemad and Louise Seguin Dulude. 8. Canadian Foreign Direct Investment Alan M Rugman. 9. The Timing, Mode and Terms of Technology Transfer: Some Recent Findings D G McFetridge. Part 3: Industry Studies. 10. The Protection of Intellectual Property: Pharmaceutical Products in Canada H C Eastman. 11. International Investment, Protection and Technical Transfer: A Preliminary Examination of the Franco-Japanese Case Patrick A Messerlin. 12. Techology Transfers in the Automotive Equipment Industry: the French Case Daniel Soulie. 13. The Japanese Productivity Advantage in Automobile Production: Can it be Transferred to North America? Melvyn Fuss and Leonard Waverman. Bibliography. Indices.