Determinants of location of overseas R&D activity of multinational enterprises: the case of US and Japanese corporations

被引：156

作者：

Kumar, N ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] India Habitat Ctr, Res & Informat Syst Developing Countries, New Delhi 110003, India

来源：

RESEARCH POLICY | 2001年 / 30卷 / 01期

关键词：

overseas R&D; multinational enterprises (MNEs); US MNEs; Japanese MNEs;

D O I：

10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00102-X

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

This paper analyzes the determinants of location of overseas R&D activity of US and Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs) in a three-dimensional setting. Large domestic market, the abundance of low cost R&D manpower, and the scale of national technological effort favour the location of overseas R&D in a country. Tests covering sectoral composition support the proposition that a significant proportion of MNEs' R&D activity follows that of leaders in their own fields. Lack of adequate patent protection or restrictive trade regime does not affect the attractiveness of a country otherwise well-suited for R&D activity. internationalization of R&D activity of Japanese MNEs is confined to relatively low technology-intensive industries compared to US MNEs. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：159 / 174

页数：16

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