This chapter examines the main policies employed to attract multinational corporation (MNC) technological activities in China, India, Ireland, Israel, Singapore, and Taiwan in order to analyse the case of Brazil. Foreign ...

In the fi rst decade of this century, the global economic environment has seen tremendous changes. The most signifi cant is the rise of emerging countries. The share of global GDP accounted for by developed nations such ...

This article elaborates on intellectual monopoly theory as a form of predation and rentiership using Amazon as a case study. By analysing Amazon’s financial statements, scientific publications and patents, we show that ...

This study analyses the change in the roles of Brazilian subsidiaries of automotive multinational corporations, specifically those that have developed products in Brazil. The main goal is to offer a causality hypothesis ...

This present work represents a case study conducted with different business units and corporate areas in a Brazilian branch of a multinational company (acknowledged by its innovative strength in multiple sectors: auto ...