Industrial Innovation and Firm Performance

Industrial Innovation and Firm Performance
Author: Mario I. Kafouros
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781781956380

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Examines the impacts of innovation and scientific knowledge on the productivity performance of multinational corporations, and the conditions under which companies benefit from their technological discoveries. Also investigates the extent to which the research efforts of other companies can contribute to a firm's productivity, and how multinationals build on external inventions, ideas and knowledge.