Firm–education–industry association linkages: Driving the territorial embeddedness of business services multinational corporations in Romania?
研究了罗马尼亚外围地区跨国公司通过企业-教育-行业协会联系实现地域嵌入的过程，揭示了这种嵌入如何推动产业升级但同时也导致企业俘获和劳动体制的灵活化。
This study examines the nature and implications of linkages between multinational corporations and local institutions across peripheral regions. Analysing the development of outsourced and offshored business services in Romania, the study highlights the role of firm–education–industry association linkages in driving the territorial embeddedness of multinational corporations into host country regions. Firm–education–industry association linkages facilitated changes in higher education curricula to supply firm-specific skills, the development of advanced technical and management skills, and a programme of state policies privileging foreign capital. While this industrial and institutional transformation facilitated Romania’s move up the value chain into more advanced business services, it simultaneously drove forms of corporate capture and dependency, reproducing a flexible, co-opted workplace labour regime.