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Economia globale e imprese multinazionali

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Global economy and multinational companies

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Anno accademico 2014/2015

Codice dell'attività didattica
SCP0068
Docente
Francesco Quatraro (Titolare del corso)
Corso di studi
Laurea magistrale in Cooperazione, Sviluppo e Innovazione nell'Economia Globale - a Torino
Anno
1° anno
Tipologia
Affine o integrativo
Crediti/Valenza
9
SSD dell'attività didattica
SECS-P/02 - politica economica
Modalità di erogazione
Tradizionale
Lingua di insegnamento
Inglese
Modalità di frequenza
Facoltativa/Discretionary
Tipologia d'esame
Orale
Prerequisiti

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COMPRENSIONE DEI PROCESSI DINAMICI DI SPECIALIZZAZIONE. Analisi della natura delle imprese multinazionali e del loro ruolo nello sviluppo economico.

UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS OF SPECIALIZATION. Analysis of the nature of multinational corporations and their role in economic development.


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Programma

 

  1. Internationalization of product systems and globalization
  • Theories about vertical and horizontal integration
  • Modes of production and technoeconomic paradigms

Readings:

F. Guy, The Global Environment of Business, Oxford University Press. (Chapters 2-3; 7-8)

  1. What is a multinational corporation
  • Historical account and definitions

Readings:

G. Ietto-Gillies, Transnational Coporation and International Production, Edward Elgar. (Chapters 1-2)

  1. Theories about MNCs
  • The origins: Stephen Hymer
  • Product lifecycle
  • Oligopoly and FDIs
  • Internationalization and TNC
  • Dunning’s eclectic framework

Readings:

G. Ietto-Gillies, Transnational Coporation and International Production, Edward Elgar. (Chapters 5-7; 9-10)

Teece, D. 1986. Transactions cost economics and the multinational enterprise. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 7, 21-45.

Teece, D. (2014). A Dynamic Capabilities-Based Entrepreneurial Theory of the Multinational Enterprise,” Journal of International Business Studies, 45, 8-37.

  1. MNC and technological change
  • The impact of distance-shirking technologies
  • Absorptive capacity and use of knowledge
  • Technological proximity and TNC
  • Technological lifecycle and TNC

Readings:

Kogut, B. and Zander, U., 1993. Knowledge of the firm and the evolutionary theory of the multinational corporation. Journal of International Business Studies, 4; 625-645.

Teece, D. (2014). A Dynamic Capabilities-Based Entrepreneurial Theory of the Multinational Enterprise,” Journal of International Business Studies, 45, 8-37.

Zhang, F., Jiang, G. and Cantwell, JA. (2014). Subsidiary exploration and the innovative performance of large multinational corporations. International Business Review, in press.

Cantwell, J.A. and Piscitello, L. (2013). Historical changes in the determinants of the composition of innovative activity in MNC subunits. Industrial and Corporate Change, in press.

  1. MNCs and Economic geography

Readings:

Cantwell, J. and Iammarino, S. (2001) EU Regions and Multinational Corporations: Change, Stability and Strengthening of Technological Comparative Advantages. Industrial and Corporate Change, 10, 4, 1007-1037.

Iammarino, S., Padilla, R. and von Tunzelmann, N. (2008) Technological capabilities and global-local interactions. The electronics industry in two Mexican regions. World Development, 36, 10, 1980-2003.

Kramer J., Marinelli E., Iammarino S. and Revilla Diez J. (2011), Intangible Assets, Multinational Enterprises and Regional Systems of Innovation, Technovation, 31, 447-458.

Iammarino S. and McCann P. (2013), Multinationals and Economic Geography. Location, Technology, and Innovation, Edwar Elgar.


 

  1. Internationalization of product systems and globalization
  • Theories about vertical and horizontal integration
  • Modes of production and technoeconomic paradigms

Readings:

F. Guy, The Global Environment of Business, Oxford University Press. (Chapters 2-3; 7-8)

  1. What is a multinational corporation
  • Historical account and definitions

Readings:

G. Ietto-Gillies, Transnational Coporation and International Production, Edward Elgar. (Chapters 1-2)

  1. Theories about MNCs
  • The origins: Stephen Hymer
  • Product lifecycle
  • Oligopoly and FDIs
  • Internationalization and TNC
  • Dunning’s eclectic framework

Readings:

G. Ietto-Gillies, Transnational Coporation and International Production, Edward Elgar. (Chapters 5-7; 9-10)

Teece, D. 1986. Transactions cost economics and the multinational enterprise. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 7, 21-45.

Teece, D. (2014). A Dynamic Capabilities-Based Entrepreneurial Theory of the Multinational Enterprise,” Journal of International Business Studies, 45, 8-37.

  1. MNC and technological change
  • The impact of distance-shirking technologies
  • Absorptive capacity and use of knowledge
  • Technological proximity and TNC
  • Technological lifecycle and TNC

Readings:

Kogut, B. and Zander, U., 1993. Knowledge of the firm and the evolutionary theory of the multinational corporation. Journal of International Business Studies, 4; 625-645.

Teece, D. (2014). A Dynamic Capabilities-Based Entrepreneurial Theory of the Multinational Enterprise,” Journal of International Business Studies, 45, 8-37.

Zhang, F., Jiang, G. and Cantwell, JA. (2014). Subsidiary exploration and the innovative performance of large multinational corporations. International Business Review, in press.

Cantwell, J.A. and Piscitello, L. (2013). Historical changes in the determinants of the composition of innovative activity in MNC subunits. Industrial and Corporate Change, in press.

  1. MNCs and Economic geography

Readings:

Cantwell, J. and Iammarino, S. (2001) EU Regions and Multinational Corporations: Change, Stability and Strengthening of Technological Comparative Advantages. Industrial and Corporate Change, 10, 4, 1007-1037.

Iammarino, S., Padilla, R. and von Tunzelmann, N. (2008) Technological capabilities and global-local interactions. The electronics industry in two Mexican regions. World Development, 36, 10, 1980-2003.

Kramer J., Marinelli E., Iammarino S. and Revilla Diez J. (2011), Intangible Assets, Multinational Enterprises and Regional Systems of Innovation, Technovation, 31, 447-458.

Iammarino S. and McCann P. (2013), Multinationals and Economic Geography. Location, Technology, and Innovation, Edwar Elgar.




Testi consigliati e bibliografia

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Iammarino, S. and McCann, P. (2013) Multinationals And Economic Geography. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Guy, F. (2009) The Global Environment of Business. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Ietto-Gillies, G. (2008) Transnational corporations. London, Routledge

Cantwell, J. and Iammarino, S. (2001) EU Regions and Multinational Corporations: Change, Stability and Strengthening of Technological Comparative Advantages. Industrial and Corporate Change, 10, 4, 1007-1037.
Iammarino, S., Padilla, R. and von Tunzelmann, N. (2008) Technological capabilities and global-local interactions. The electronics industry in two Mexican regions. World Development, 36, 10, 1980-2003.
Kramer J., Marinelli E., Iammarino S. and Revilla Diez J. (2011), Intangible Assets, Multinational Enterprises and Regional Systems of Innovation, Technovation, 31, 447-458.


Iammarino, S. and McCann, P. (2013) Multinationals And Economic Geography. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Guy, F. (2009) The Global Environment of Business. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Ietto-Gillies, G. (2008) Transnational corporations. London, Routledge

 

Cantwell, J. and Iammarino, S. (2001) EU Regions and Multinational Corporations: Change, Stability and Strengthening of Technological Comparative Advantages. Industrial and Corporate Change, 10, 4, 1007-1037.
Iammarino, S., Padilla, R. and von Tunzelmann, N. (2008) Technological capabilities and global-local interactions. The electronics industry in two Mexican regions. World Development, 36, 10, 1980-2003.
Kramer J., Marinelli E., Iammarino S. and Revilla Diez J. (2011), Intangible Assets, Multinational Enterprises and Regional Systems of Innovation, Technovation, 31, 447-458.





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