Objective
IT IS PROPOSED TO ESTABLISH A JOINT RESEARCH NETWORK OF ECONOMISTS WORKING ON MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS(MNCS).THEY WILL UNDERTAKE TO INVESTIGATE THE REORGANISATION OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRIES CONSEQUENT UPOON AN INCREASE IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION POST-1992.USING COUNTRY CASE STUDIES AND JOINT RESREARCH INITIATIVES TO EXPLORE MORE DEEPLY PARTICULARR ISSUES RELATED TO THE OVERALL THEME,THE LIKELY CHANGES IN THE OWNERSHIP AND LOCATION$ OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY IN EUROPE WILL BE EXAMINED IN THE LIGHYT OF THE EXPERIENCE GAINED SINCE THE CREATION AND ENLARGEMENT OF THE E.C.THE PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE IMPACT OF NON-EC (ESPECIALLY US AND JAPANESE) MNCS SETTING UP,EXTENDING AND RATIONALISING THEIR OPERATIONS IN EC MEMBER STATES.
THE REORGANISATION OF EUROPEAN FIRMS THEMSELVES THROUGH INTRA-EC INVESTMENT FLOWS WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED.THE STRATEGIC INTERACTION BETWEEN US,JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN MNCS WILL BE EMPHASISED.THE RESEARC SEEKS TO ESTABLISH VARIATIONS IN THE EFFECTS OF INTEGRATION ACROSS FIRMS,INDUSTRIES AND MEMBER COUNTRIES.ATTENTION WILL ALSO BE PAID TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REORGANISATION OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRIES AND MNC ACTIVITIES LOCATED OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY.
Funding Scheme
CSC - Cost-sharing contractsCoordinator
RG6 6AH Reading / Silchester
United Kingdom
Participants (5)
Madrid
Lisboa
31042 Toulouse
Antwerpen
Roma