New forms of organisation and R&D internationalisation among the world's 100 largest food and beverages multinationals

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1032-1043

  Filippaios, Fragkiskos ^a,b   Papanastassiou, Marina ^c,d   Pearce, Robert ^e   Rama, Ruth ^f  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^d Center for Management and International Business   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food and beverages; Foreign affiliates; Multinational enterprises; Research and Development

Indexed keywords

DEMAND CONDITIONS; FOOD AND BEVERAGES; FOREIGN AFFILIATES; GLOBAL INNOVATIONS; HOST COUNTRIES; INTERNATIONALISATION; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES; NEW FORMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

BEVERAGES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 67349209540     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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