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This chapter discusses some aspects of the changing role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) as producers, transferers and disseminators of technology and technological capacity,1 and ways in which their activities may affect the international competitiveness of European countries. The argument adopts the theoretical framework of the eclectic paradigm of international production (Dunning, 1988), and relates it to the concept of technological cumulation.
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Dunning, J.H., Cantwell, J.A. (1991). MNEs, Technology, and the Competitiveness of European Industries. In: Faulhaber, G.R., Tamburini, G. (eds) European Economic Integration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3919-9_7
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