MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE - BASIC TRAITS AND TAXONOMY OF THE BEHAVIOR OF GERMAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES IN SPAIN

Authors
MOLERO J BUESA M
Citation
J. Molero et M. Buesa, MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE - BASIC TRAITS AND TAXONOMY OF THE BEHAVIOR OF GERMAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES IN SPAIN, Research policy, 22(3), 1993, pp. 265-278
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Planning & Development
Journal title
Research policy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00487333
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
265 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-7333(1993)22:3<265:MCAT-B>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The aim of the present paper consists of providing empirical evidence for the debate on the role of multinational companies in the creation of technological capabilities within the new international competitive framework. The research carried out with more than 110 German industr ial subsidiaries operating in Spain allows the authors to analyse a gr eat variety of aspects of their technological behaviour. With the addi tion of the information coming from German parent companies, a taxonom y of the strategies followed by those firms has been developed.