The role of universities in the technological upgrading of developing countries is attracting more and more interest from both the academic community and policy makers. This paper is proposing a new framework to understand this role by introducing the concept of academic capabilities. Its...

The importance of investments by emerging country multinationals to industrialised economies has risen continuously as illustrated by the growing number of Chinese merger and acquisitions (M&A) of German Mittelstand firms. This dissertation aims to analyse the effects of institutional distances...