New perspectives on the innovation strategies of multinational enterprises: Lessons for technology policy in Europe

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 751-776

  Meyer Krahmer, Frieder ^a   Reger, Guido ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Globalization; Innovation management; Internationalization; National system of innovation; R D management; Science and technology policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002816238     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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