Multinationals and transition : business strategies, technology, and transformation in Central and Eastern Europe /

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Author / Creator:Manea, Julia.
Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Description:ix, 198 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5174705
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Other authors / contributors:Pearce, Robert D., 1943-2018
ISBN:0333968743 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Part 1. Multinational Strategy and Industiral Transformation
  • From Foreign Direct Investment to Multinational Strategy
  • Strategic Motivations of MNEs Industrial Transition
  • From Restructuring to Sustained Development
  • Needs of Industrial Transition
  • Creative Transition MNE Strategies and the Phases of Transition
  • The Surveys Aims and Structure
  • Part 2.
  • Introduction
  • MNEs Motivations for CEE
  • Investments Sources of Technology
  • Applied in MNEs' CEE Operations Results
  • Conclusions
  • Part 3. Easons for Investing in Cee, Technology and Strategic Evolution of Subsidiaries
  • Introduction
  • Reasons for Investing Results
  • Conclusions
  • Part 4. Market Orientation and the Strategic Development of Mnes in Cee
  • Introduction
  • Markets Supplied
  • Conclusions
  • Part 5. Strategies of Mnes' Subsidiaries in Romania
  • Introduction
  • Classification of Subsidiaries Reasons for Investing in Romania
  • Strategic Roles of Subsidiaries in Romania
  • Markets Supplied by Subsidiaries Types of Products
  • Produced Sources of Technology used by Subsidiaries
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: Process of Classification of Subsidiaries
  • Part 6. MNES' R&D and the Technological Transition in Cee
  • Introduction
  • Knowledge Capabilities in Transition Economies: A Resources and a Constraint
  • Incomplete and Distorted National Innovation Systems in Transition Economies
  • A Brief Assessment of the NSIs of CEE
  • The MNE as a Technology Catalyst in Transition Economies
  • R&D Strategy of MNEs and NSI Transition Economies
  • MNEs' R&D in CEE MNEs' R&D in Romania
  • Conclusions
  • Part 7. Input Supply Linkages of MNE Subsidiaries in CEE: Dependence or Development?
  • Introduction
  • Foreign-owned Firms, Local Input
  • Linkages and Economic Development: The Debate Sources of Inputs
  • Used by MNE Subsidiaries in CEE Subsidiary-level Influences on MNE's Purchasing
  • Patterns in CEE Sources of Inputs Used by MNE
  • Subsidiaries in Romania
  • Conclusions
  • Part 8. Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index