How MNEs develop innovative capabilities thanks to their location with host countries' clusters?
Which kind of interactions with clusters' members are the most appropriate for MNEs to operate R&D and innovate?
To what extend clusters constitute an important asset for countries to attract technology intensive MNEs?
To what extend clusters constitute a valuable alternative to other mean to get access to foreign technology?
How MNEs may organize and manage their internal and external networks in combination with clusters activities within their home and host countries?
How clusters constitute powerful home and host CSAs and how to consider clusters in the literature based on the interactions between FSAs and CSAs?
Do clusters create negatives externalities for firms that may induce some firms to adopt specific strategies to avoid that their knowledge being "lost" through spillovers within a cluster ?
How cluster initiatives may play a crucial role to attract technology intensive MNEs?
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Philippe Gugler (Center for Competitiveness - University of Fribourg) and Christian Ketels (Institute For Strategy and Competitiveness – Harvard Business School)
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