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Working Papers

2019

1. Resistant roots of institutional diversity across societies: An evolutionary framework
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science

2016

2. The changing landscape of JIBS authorship
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article The changing landscape of JIBS authorship, Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2011

3. Innovation and Foreign Technology in Italy, 1861-2011
   Quaderni di storia economica (Economic History Working Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area View citations (4)

2010

4. The Restructuring of Technological Capabilities through Corporate Expansion
   DRUID Working Papers, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies

2005

5. Creating Competition? Globalisation and the emergence of new technology producers
   Open Discussion Papers in Economics, The Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Creating competition?: Globalisation and the emergence of new technology producers, Research Policy, Elsevier (2007) View citations (93) (2007)

2003

6. The Recent Location of Foreign R&D Activities by Large MNCs in the European Regions. The Role of Different Sources of Spillovers
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (4)

2001

7. Determinants of Internationalisation of Corporate Technology
   DRUID Working Papers, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies View citations (7)
8. The technological relationships between indigenous firms and foreign-owned MNCs in the European regions
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (3)

2000

9. THE LOCATION OF MNC'S TECHNOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE: AGGLOMERATIVE TENDENCIES AND OTHER TERRITORIAL EXTERNALITIES
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (1)

1995

10. Measuring the Importance of International Production: The Re-estimation of Foreign Direct Investment at Current Values
    Department of Economics Working Paper Series, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business View citations (26)

Journal Articles

2024

1. International knowledge connectivity and the increasing concentration of innovation in major global cities
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2024, 24, (3), 415-440 View citations (1)

2023

2. Location choice of Chinese outward FDI – An ethnicity-based population ecology perspective
   Journal of International Management, 2023, 29, (1) View citations (2)
3. Which actors drove national patterns of technological specialization into the science-based age? The British experience, 1918–1932
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2023, 32, (3), 622-646 View citations (1)

2022

4. An evolutionary view of institutional complexity
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2022, 32, (3), 1071-1090
5. Temporal Sequence of Knowledge Sourcing in Pharmaceutical MNEs
   L'industria, 2022, (4), 555-580
6. Two-way knowledge spillovers in the presence of heterogeneous foreign subsidiaries: evidence from an emerging country
   International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2022, 19, (4), 895-920 View citations (1)

2021

7. Rapid FDI of emerging market firms: foreign participation and leapfrogging in the establishment chain
   UNCTAD Transnational Corporations Journal View citations (3)

2020

8. Income divergence and global connectivity of U.S. urban regions
   Journal of International Business Policy, 2020, 3, (3), 229-248 View citations (3)
9. Making connections: Social networks in international business
   Journal of International Business Studies, 2020, 51, (5), 714-736 View citations (36)
10. The local co-evolution of firms and governments in the Information Age
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2020, 51, (9), 1516-1528 View citations (20)

2019

11. Geographically Dispersed Technological Capability Building and MNC Innovative Performance: The Role of Intra-firm Flows of Newly Absorbed Knowledge
    Journal of International Management, 2019, 25, (3), - View citations (11)
12. Impact of international entry choices on the nature and type of innovation: Evidence from emerging economy firms from the Indian bio-pharmaceutical industry
    International Business Review, 2019, 28, (6), - View citations (27)

2018

13. General Purpose Technologies and local knowledge accumulation — A study on MNC subunits and local innovation centers
    International Business Review, 2018, 27, (4), 826-837 View citations (5)
14. Migrants and multinational firms: The role of institutional affinity and connectedness in FDI
    Journal of World Business, 2018, 53, (6), 835-849 View citations (21)
15. Overcoming frictions in transnational knowledge flows: challenges of connecting, sense-making and integrating
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18, (5), 1001-1022 View citations (21)
16. The international geography of general purpose technologies (GPTs) and internationalisation of corporate technological innovation
    Industry and Innovation, 2018, 25, (1), 1-24 View citations (3)

2017

17. Innovation and international business
    Industry and Innovation, 2017, 24, (1), 41-60 View citations (44)
18. The JIBS 2016 Decade Award: A quarter century of Culture’s Consequences: a review of empirical research incorporating Hofstede’s cultural values framework
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2017, 48, (1), 10-11

2016

19. Internationalization in the information age: A new era for places, firms, and international business networks&quest
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2016, 47, (5), 499-512 View citations (97)
20. Knowledge connectivity: An agenda for innovation research in international business
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2016, 47, (3), 255-262 View citations (129)
21. The JIBS 2015 Decade Award: Probing theoretically into Central and Eastern Europe: Transactions, resources, and institutions
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2016, 47, (1), 1-2
22. The changing landscape of JIBS authorship
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2016, 47, (7), 749-777 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper The changing landscape of JIBS authorship, Post-Print (2016) View citations (3) (2016)
23. The changing nature of the international business field, and the progress of JIBS
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2016, 47, (9), 1023-1031 View citations (12)

2015

24. New Competence Creation in Multinational Company Subunits: The Role of International Knowledge
    The World Economy, 2015, 38, (2), 231-254 View citations (17)
25. Subsidiary exploration and the innovative performance of large multinational corporations
    International Business Review, 2015, 24, (2), 224-234 View citations (13)
26. The JIBS 2014 Decade Award: Innovation, organizational capabilities, and the born-global firm
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2015, 46, (1), 1-2

2014

27. A commentary on Grazia Ietto-Gillies' paper: 'The Theory of the Transnational Corporation at 50+'
    Economic Thought, 2014, 3, (2), 58 View citations (1)
28. Assessing the impact of JIBS as an interdisciplinary journal: A network approach
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2014, 45, (7), 787-799 View citations (13)
29. Historical changes in the determinants of the composition of innovative activity in MNC subunits
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2014, 23, (3), 633-660 View citations (5)
30. In memoriam: Alan Rugman
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2014, 45, (7), 785-786
31. Revisiting international business theory: A capabilities-based theory of the MNE
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2014, 45, (1), 1-7 View citations (18)

2013

32. Do Foreign-owned Subsidiaries in China Follow a Distinctive Pattern of Technological Knowledge Sourcing?
    Management and Organization Review, 2013, 9, (3), 489-512 View citations (12)
33. Do Foreign-owned Subsidiaries in China Follow a Distinctive Pattern of Technological Knowledge Sourcing? 外资企业是否在中国遵循特殊的科技能力发展道路？
    Management and Organization Review, 2013, 9, (3), 489-512 View citations (12)
34. Regional and Global Technological Knowledge Search Strategies and the Innovative Performance of Large Multinational Corporations
    Industry and Innovation, 2013, 20, (7), 637-660 View citations (3)

2012

35. Changes in Trade Policies and the Heterogeneity of Domestic and Multinational Firms’ Strategic Response: The Effects on Firm-Level Capabilities
    World Development, 2012, 40, (3), 469-485 View citations (5)

2011

36. International Integration and Mandates of Innovative Subsidiaries in Spain
    Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), 2011, 3, (3), 415-444 View citations (4)
37. Positioning JIBS as an interdisciplinary journal
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2011, 42, (1), 1-9 View citations (24)
38. THE IMPACT OF TRADE POLICY REGIMES ON FIRMS' LEARNING FOR INNOVATION FROM SUPPLIERS
    International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2011, 15, (01), 29-68
39. Technological complexity and the evolving structure of MNC subsidiary knowledge accumulation
    ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE, 2011, 2011/4, (4), 5-33 View citations (6)

2010

40. An evolutionary approach to understanding international business activity: The co-evolution of MNEs and the institutional environment
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2010, 41, (4), 567-586 View citations (292)
41. Autonomy and technological capability in joint ventures in China
    International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2010, 3, (2), 187-204 View citations (1)

2009

42. Location and the multinational enterprise
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2009, 40, (1), 35-41 View citations (114)

2008

43. How the trend towards competence-creating MNE subsidiary innovation co-evolves with its environments
    ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE, 2008, 2008/1, (1), 145-154 View citations (1)

2007

44. Attraction and deterrence in the location of foreign-owned R&D activities: the role of positive and negative spillovers
    International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2007, 1, (1), 83-111 View citations (13)
45. Creating competition?: Globalisation and the emergence of new technology producers
    Research Policy, 2007, 36, (2), 209-226 View citations (93)
    See also Working Paper Creating Competition? Globalisation and the emergence of new technology producers, Open Discussion Papers in Economics (2005) View citations (2) (2005)

2006

46. Knowledge in the Theory of the Firm and MNC: Asset or Action? A Commentary on Foss N. “Knowledge and Organisation in the Theory of the MNC”
    Journal of Management & Governance, 2006, 10, (1), 21-27 View citations (6)
47. The boundaries of firms in the new economy: M&As as a strategic tool toward corporate technological diversification
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2006, 17, (2), 174-199 View citations (4)

2005

48. MNE competence‐creating subsidiary mandates
    Strategic Management Journal, 2005, 26, (12), 1109-1128 View citations (165)
49. Recent Location of Foreign-owned Research and Development Activities by Large Multinational Corporations in the European Regions: The Role of Spillovers and Externalities
    Regional Studies, 2005, 39, (1), 1-16 View citations (118)
50. The technological innovation of multinational corporations in the French regions
    Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 2005, 109, (1), 9-28 View citations (2)

2004

51. Historical evolution of technological diversification
    Research Policy, 2004, 33, (3), 511-529 View citations (50)
52. Revaluing the capital stock of international production
    International Business Review, 2004, 13, (1), 1-18 View citations (4)
53. Towards a technology-seeking explanation of U.S. direct investment in the United Kingdom
    Journal of International Management, 2004, 10, (1), 5-20 View citations (7)

2002

54. Evolution of Multinational Corporate Technological Systems in the UK and US
    Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 2002, 13, (1-3), 135-163 View citations (1)
55. M&As AND THE GLOBAL STRATEGIES OF TNCs
    The Developing Economies, 2002, 40, (4), 400-434 View citations (5)
56. The location of technological activities of MNCs in European regions: The role of spillovers and local competencies
    Journal of International Management, 2002, 8, (1), 69-96 View citations (62)
57. special issue: The new geography of corporate research in Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2002, 12, (1), 163-197 View citations (28)

2001

58. Centres of excellence, and information and communication technologies in multinational corporations: new research directions and evidence
    ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE, 2001, 2001/109, (109)
59. EU Regions and Multinational Corporations: Change, Stability and Strengthening of Technological Comparative Advantages
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2001, 10, (4), 1007-37 View citations (46)
60. The Eclectic Paradigm in the Global Economy
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2001, 8, (2), 155-172 View citations (60)

2000

61. Accumulating Technological Competence: Its Changing Impact on Corporate Diversification and Internationalization
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2000, 9, (1), 21-51 View citations (96)
62. Capitalism, profits and innovation in the new techno-economic paradigm
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2000, 10, (1), 131-157 View citations (38)
63. Multinational Corporations and the Location of Technological Innovation in the UK Regions
    Regional Studies, 2000, 34, (4), 317-332 View citations (99)
64. Technological and Output Complementarities, and Inter-Firm Cooperation in Information Technology Ventures
    Journal of Management & Governance, 2000, 4, (1), 117-147 View citations (18)
65. Technological lock-in of large firms since the interwar period
    European Review of Economic History, 2000, 4, (2), 147-174 View citations (11)

1999

66. Firms as the source of innovation and growth: the evolution of technological competence
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 1999, 9, (3), 331-366 View citations (30)
67. Technological globalisation and innovative centres: the role of corporate technological leadership and locational hierarchy1
    Research Policy, 1999, 28, (2-3), 119-144 View citations (193)
68. The frontier of international technology networks: sourcing abroad the most highly tacit capabilities
    Information Economics and Policy, 1999, 11, (1), 101-123 View citations (85)

1998

69. Changing Patterns of Technological Leadership: Evidence from the Pharma Ceutical Industry
    International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 1998, 02, (01), 45-77
70. How Important is Foreign Direct Investment?
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1998, 60, (1), 99-106 View citations (6)
71. MNCs, Technological Innovation and Regional Systems in the EU: Some Evidence in the Italian Case
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1998, 5, (3), 383-408 View citations (55)
72. The Internationalisation of German Companies' R&D
    National Institute Economic Review, 1998, 163, 99-115
    Also in National Institute Economic Review, 1998, 163, (1), 99-115 (1998) View citations (3)
73. The Localisation Of Corporate Technological Trajectories In The Interwar Cartels: Cooperative Learning Versus An Exchange Of Knowledge
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1998, 6, (2-3), 257-290 View citations (14)

1996

74. A Statistical Analysis of Corporate Technological Leadership Historically
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1996, 4, (3), 211-234 View citations (18)

1995

75. Innovation in a global world Globalisation does not kill the need for national policies
    New Economy, 1995, 2, (2), 66-70 View citations (3)
76. The Globalisation of Technology: What Remains of the Product Cycle Model?
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1995, 19, (1), 155-74 View citations (268)

1993

77. Multinationality and firm growth
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1993, 129, (2), 275-299 View citations (21)

1988

78. Keith Cowling and Roger Sugden, Transitional Monopoly Capitalism, Wheatsheaf Books, New York (1987)
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1988, 6, (3), 405-407

1987

79. Standing guard: Protecting foreign capital in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: Charles Lipson, (University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1985) pp. xvii + 332, $34.95 cloth, $11.95 paperback
    Journal of Development Economics, 1987, 26, (1), 190-193
80. The Reorganization of European Industries After Integration: Selected Evidence on the Role of Multinational Enterprise Activities
    Journal of Common Market Studies, 1987, 26, (2), 127-151 View citations (43)

1982

81. Investissements américains directs et compétitivité technologique européenne
    L'Actualité Economique, 1982, 58, (3), 341-379

Books

1987

1. IRM Directory of Statistics of International Investment and Production
   Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (8)

Edited books

2019

1. Paradigm Shift in Technologies and Innovation Systems
   Springer Books, Springer View citations (2)

2013

2. Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press

2012

3. Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (30)

2006

4. The Economics of Patents, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (7)

2004

5. Globalization and the Location of Firms
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)

2003

6. Multinational Enterprises, Innovative Strategies and Systems of Innovation
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (28)

1999

7. Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Change, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (11)

Chapters

2024

1. Innovation and international business policy
   Chapter 9 in Handbook of International Business Policy, 2024, pp 156-169

2023

2. Skilled Migrants: Stimulating Knowledge Creation and Flows in Firms
   Springer

2012

3. The Effect of Trade Policy Regimes on Firms' Learning From Suppliers How to Innovate
   Chapter 6 in Perspectives On Supplier Innovation Theories, Concepts and Empirical Insights on Open Innovation and the Integration of Suppliers, 2012, pp 205-255

2009

4. The Development Trajectory of a Small Island Economy: The Successful Case of Mauritius
   Chapter 9 in Handbook on Small Nations in the Global Economy, 2009
5. The Role of Indigenous Firms in Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: The Developmental Implications of National Champion Firms’ Response to Underdeveloped National Innovation Systems
   Chapter 9 in Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries, 2009 View citations (1)

2008

6. Do Firms from Emerging Markets have to Invest Abroad? Outward FDI and the Competitiveness of Firms
   Chapter 5 in The Rise of Transnational Corporations from Emerging Markets, 2008 View citations (4)

2006

7. Evolution of Markets, Technology and M&A
   Chapter 3 in Mergers and Acquisitions, 2006
8. Path Dependence and Diversification in Corporate Technological Histories
   Chapter 5 in New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2006 View citations (1)

2004

9. Multinational Enterprises and Competence-Creating Knowledge Flows: A Theoretical Analysis
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (4)

2003

10. The Changing Institutional Form of Innovation: From Exploiting Market Power to Developing Corporate Technological Capability
    Chapter 7 in Economic Welfare, International Business and Global Institutional Change, 2003

2002

11. Corporate Diversification, Internationalization and Location of Technological Activities by MNCs in Europe
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (3)

2001

12. Sticky places in slippery space – the location of innovation by MNCs in the European regions
    Palgrave Macmillan

1991

13. Foreign Multinationals and Industrial Development in Africa
    Palgrave Macmillan

1987

14. Africa (except South Africa)
    Palgrave Macmillan
15. Asia & Pacific (except Japan)
    Palgrave Macmillan
16. Australasia (except Australia or New Zealand)
    Palgrave Macmillan
17. Comparative Tables
    Palgrave Macmillan
18. Europe: EEC
    Palgrave Macmillan
19. Latin America & Caribbean
    Palgrave Macmillan
20. Middle East
    Palgrave Macmillan
21. North America
    Palgrave Macmillan
22. Other Developed Countries
    Palgrave Macmillan
23. Other Europe
    Palgrave Macmillan

Editor

1. Journal of International Business Studies
   Palgrave Macmillan