The rapid adoption of digital technologies is leading to structural changes in the business and economic environment putting pressure on the ability of industrial classifications to capture the structure of an economy. To understand the impact of these new technologies in the economy we first...

The paper briefly summarises the historical evolution of transnational corporations (TNCs) and their activities. It then introduces the major theories developed to explain the TNC. There is an attempt to place the theories historically, within the context of the socio-economic conditions and of...

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The paper discusses the main aims and characteristics of the three Ways in British economics and politics: the First Way refers to the period from after WWII to the mid 1970s; the second Way refers to the Conservative Government period starting from 1979; and the Third Way to the New Labour...

The paper aims to operationalize the concept of absorptive capacity (ACAP) into empirical indicators useful for the development of innovation policy at the level of countries and sectors. Applications are presented for 24 European countries and 24 UK sectors. The work centres around the...

This paper analyses the impact of internationalization on the innovation performance of 42 countries. Innovation performance – the dependent variable – is measured by the number of triad patents and PCT applications that originate from a country. The following internationalization variables...