Ascani, Andrea, Iammarino, Simona 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9450-1700 and Li, George Yunxiong
(2025)
Critical raw materials and MNE strategies under paradigm shift.
In: Fernandes Crespo, Nuno, Van Tulder, Rob, Corado Simões, Vítor and Fernandes Crespo, Cátia, (eds.)
The Changing Global Power Balance: Challenges for European Firms.
Progress in International Business Research.
Emerald Publishing, Leeds, UK, 61 - 76.
ISBN 9781836627654
Abstract
Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) are essential inputs in the current industrial transformation, working as an irreplaceable material basis for technological innovations enabling the dual (digital and green) transition. Global CRM supply and value chains are subject to significant geopolitical risks and vulnerability, which are likely to affect firms’ advantages, behaviour and strategies. By drawing on the Multinational Enterprises’ (MNEs) technological accumulation theory developed by John Cantwell, introducing the notion of material-based technological regime underlying innovation in key industries, and using micro-data obtained by merging patent data and firm-level information through ORBIS IP, this chapter sheds preliminary light on the relevance of CRMs in shaping MNE technological and internationalization strategies.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | © 2025 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Geography and Environment |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2025 04:46 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2025 12:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130530 |
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