Multinationality matters in innovation: The case of the UK financial services

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-92

  Frenz, Marion ^a   Girardone, Claudia ^b   Ietto Gillies, Grazia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community innovation survey UK; Financial services; Foreign owned companies; Innovation; Internal and external networks; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15744378863     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366271042000339067     Document Type: Article

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