Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2011
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Technology Management,
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the relationship between multinational corporations (MNCs) and local economic systems. It examines the implications of a decentralisation of innovative activity within MNCs for their interaction with local networks. It is shown that this interaction depends upon the type of cluster, whether a general centre of excellence or a specialised centre. These two principal kinds of cluster are associated with different structures of local knowledge spillovers between firms. Localised science-technology linkages offer a further category of interaction. It is shown how locational hierarchies may affect the locational strategies of MNCs when they disperse innovative activity.
DOI
10.1504/IJTM.2011.038832
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Cantwell, John and Zhang, Yanli, "Innovation and Location in the Multinational Firm" (2011). Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 13.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/management-facpubs/13
Published Citation
Cantwell, J., & Zhang, Y. (2011). Innovation and location in the multinational firm. International Journal of Technology Management, 54(1), 116-132.
