The role of multinational corporations in metropolitan innovation systems: Empirical evidence from Europe and Southeast Asia

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1813-1835

  Diez, Javier Revilla ^a   Berger, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27444445198     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3733     Document Type: Review

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