Internationalisation Theory and Technological Accumulation

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-15

3. General Theoretical Framework

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   Pages 16-32

4. Data

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   Pages 33-41

5. Descriptive Overview

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   Pages 42-50

6. Empirical Part I: Location Choice of Multinationals

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   Pages 51-92

7. Empirical Part II: Localisation of the Technological Activities of Multinationals

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   Pages 93-147

8. Empirical Part III: Technological Spillover from Multinationals

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   Pages 148-184

9. Main Contributions, Limitations and Further Research

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   Pages 185-213

10. Back Matter

    Pages 214-261

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This is the first book to explain the expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) into a transition economy from a technology accumulation perspective. The author provides a theoretical alternative to accepted wisdom regarding technology transfer, and discusses the policy implications of this new approach for economic development.

• development
• Economic Development
• transition

• Halle Institute for Economic Research, Germany

  Björn Jindra

BJÖRN JINDRAis researcher at the Halle Institute of Economic Research in Germany. He obtained a BA in European Studies and Economics from the University of Wolverhampton in the UK and his MA in the Political Economy of Eastern Europe and Russia from the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies at University College London, UK. In 2010 he was awarded a Doctorate in Science and Technology Policy at SPRU, University of Sussex, UK. He contributed to research projects in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh EU Framework Programme on various aspects of foreign direct investment, transition and economic cohesion.

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