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Do multinationals feed local development and growth / Lucia Piscitello, Grazia D. Santangelo. - Amsterdam. ; Boston : Elsevier, c2002. - xii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - International business and management series .

Contents
1. Introduction

Impact on Host Development and Growth
2. Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development : Opportunities and Limitations from a developing Country perspectives
3. The Role of Sectoral Composition of Foreign Direct Investment

Knowledge Flows in the Local Context

4. MNEs' Location Behavior and Industrial Clustering.
5. Exploring the characteristics of Technology Spillovers Using patent citation Data
6. Global and Local Knowledge Linkages : The Case of MNE Subsidiaries in Argentina

Impact on Home Competitiveness
7. The Impact of knowledge transfer on MNEs Parent companies. evidence from Italian case
8. Home Country effects of investing Abroad : Evidence from Italy
9. Globalization and its Impact on Development : Policy Issues

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-217) and index.

ISBN: 9780080453606

LCCN: 2002021990

Subjects--Topical Terms:
International business enterprises--Europe.
Information technology--Europe.
Technological innovations--Europe.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9 / MUL