J. Stephan

The Technological Role of Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Central East Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

Foreign direct investment (FDI) assumed a prominent role in Central East Europe (CEE) early on in the transition process. Foreign investors were assigned the task of restructuring markets, providing capital and knowledge for investment in technologically outdated and financially ailing firms.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Economic Transition
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-46235-3
• 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 394g
• ISBN-13: 9781349462353
• ISBN-10: 1349462357
• Artikelnr.: 45068211

Autorenporträt

Johannes Stephan has published in the field of International Business in a number of international journals. He is a graduate from Freie Universität Berlin and received his PhD from Birmingham University in 1997. He worked at a blue chip research institute in Halle/Germany for 11 years. He is currently at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, where he moved to in 2012.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Database used in the Empirical Analysis 3. Foreign Direct Investment Motives and the Match with Locational Conditions in Central East Europe 4. Conditions of Internal Technology Transfer and Spillovers between Foreign Investors and Foreign Affiliates in Central East Europe 5. Central and East European Innovation Systems as Knowledge Sources for Foreign Affiliates' Own Technological Activity in CEE 6. Foreign Affiliates as Knowledge Source for Host Regional Innovation Systems in CEE 7. The Role of Intellectual Property Rights for Technology in FDI into CEE 8. Conclusions on the Technological Role of FDI into CEE 9. List of References 10. Annexes