Regional strategic assets and the location strategies of emerging countries’ multinationals in Europe

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Pietrobelli, Carlo and Rabellotti, Roberta (2016) Regional strategic assets and the location strategies of emerging countries’ multinationals in Europe. European Planning Studies, 24 (4). pp. 645-667. ISSN 0965-4313

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This paper explores the location strategies of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) from emerging countries (EMNEs) in search for regional strategic assets. The analysis is based on a systematic comparison between EMNEs and multinationals from advanced countries (AMNEs) in order to unveil similarities and differences between these two major sources of foreign investments into the regions of the European Union. The empirical results suggest that EMNEs follow a distinct logic in their location strategies because they are attracted by the availability of technological competences only when their subsidiaries pursue more sophisticated and technology-intensive activities. Conversely EMNEs share some behavioural similarities with AMNEs in their response to the spatial agglomeration of investments.

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H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)

Journal of Economic Literature Classification System:

F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F21 - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F23 - Multinational Firms; International Business
O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R58 - Regional Development Policy

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Departments > Geography and Environment
Collections > Economists Online

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