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The main focus of (the two parts of) this article is on the emerging countries and their development paths. Particularly, it emphasizes on the role and contribution of innovation (of all kinds, in all its forms) for multinational companies from emerging economies (EMNC); the entire research endeavor is placed under the auspices of the knowledge-based society - the one that makes knowledge the ultimate source of power, enabling entities to use and potentially multiply it at the same time at global scale. Analyzing the situation of some emerging economies (starting from their best ranked multinationals), the article draws some empirical and theoretical conclusions on the ways knowledge and innovation could become determinants of progress beyond national boundaries.

EMNCS– Lessons On The Way To An Innovation-based Development. Setting The Backgrounds

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

Studies in Business and Economics

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The main focus of (the two parts of) this article is on the emerging countries and their development paths. Particularly, it emphasizes on the role and...

EMNCS– Lessons On The Way To An Innovation-based Development. Setting The Backgrounds

Published Online: Sep 25, 2015

Page range: 114 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2015-0024

Keywords
EMNC, Competitiveness, FDI, Innovation, NICI

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

EMNCS– Lessons On The Way To An Innovation-based Development. Setting The Backgrounds

Published Online: Sep 25, 2015

Page range: 114 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2015-0024

KeywordsEMNC, Competitiveness, FDI, Innovation, NICI

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
EMNC, Competitiveness, FDI, Innovation, NICI