Multinational companies, knowledge and technology transfer : Turkey's automotive industry in focus
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Bibliographic Information
Multinational companies, knowledge and technology transfer : Turkey's automotive industry in focus
（Contributions to management science）
Springer, c2013
Available at 1 libraries
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-370)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides evidence on how FDI leads to knowledge and technology transfers towards domestic firms by paying attention to the role of multinational companies. The author presents a comprehensive empirical research conducted at firm-level in the Turkish automotive industry. Using a representative sample of face-to-face in-depth interviews with top-executives and a survey of top level managers of domestic suppliers, the research analyzes the existence, channels, intensity and determinants, and the kind of transfers that occur at both inter- and intra-firm level in the industry. The author contends that policies aimed at attracting FDI flows should be re-examined under the findings and insights of this study since it is a necessary - although not sufficient - condition to have an efficient absorptive capacity level and/or skilled human capital stock in order to benefit from these flows. This study has policy implications for the automotive industry as well as practical recommendations for the public institutions and top-executives in emerging country companies and multinationals in order to conceive and implement science and technology policies in supporting the knowledge transfers.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Multinational Companies, Knowledge and Technology Transfer: Theoretical Framework.- 3. Research Methodology and Design.- 4. Survey Findings: Descriptive Analysis.- 5. Survey Findings: Econometric Analysis.- 6. Findings and Analysis of the Interviews.- 7. Conclusion.
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