Overseas R&D and the strategic evolution of MNEs: Evidence from laboratories in the UK

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-41

  Pearce, Robert ^a   Papanastassiou, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decentralised R D; Multinational enterprises; Precompetitive research; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037549738     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0048-7333(98)00104-8     Document Type: Article

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