Multinational Corporations and European Regional Systems of Innovation

John Cantwell is Professor of International Business at the Rutgers Business School, New Jersey, USASimona Iammarino is Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics, UK

• 1. Introduction 2. Regional Systems of Innovation in Europe and the Globalisation of Technology 3. MNC Technological Activities and Economic Wealth: An Analysis of Spatial Distribution in the European Union 4. Geographical Hierarchies of Research Locations in the European Union 5. Multinational Corporations and the Italian Regional Systems of Innovation 6. Multinational Corporations and the UK Regional Systems of Innovation 7. Multinational Corporations and the German Regional Systems of Innovation 8. Multinational Corporations and the French Regional Systems of Innovation 9. The Geographical Hierarchy Across European National Borders 10. Conclusions: The Global-Local Nexus in Technological Innovation: What Implications for the Future?

'This slim volume undertakes a thorough and considered analysis ... To my knowledge this is the first systematic analysis of this subject at an interdisciplinary level, and it marks an important step in developing a thorough understanding of the complexities underlying innovation and location.'- Research Policy