The innovative performance of foreign-owned enterprises in small open economies

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-406

  Dachs, Bernhard ^a   Ebersberger, Bernd ^b   Lööf, Hans ^c  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Austria; CIS; Denmark; Finland; Foreign owned enterprises; Innovation; Multinational enterprises; Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CIS; DENMARK; FINLAND; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INNOVATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 44449168106     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-007-9058-7     Document Type: Article

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