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| Title: | | How do different motives for R&D investment in foreign locations affect domestic firm performance? An analysis based on Swiss panel micro data  |
| Authors: | | Arvanitis, Spyros Hollenstein, Heinz |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | KOF working papers // KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich 258 |
| Abstract: | | The aim of this article is to investigate the differences between specific motives of R&D investment in foreign locations with respect to the factors influencing the likelihood of foreign R&D and to the impact of foreign presence on the parent firms' innovativeness and productivity. An econometric analysis of Swiss firm panel data shows, firstly, that factors related to firm-specific knowledge-oriented advantages are more important for explaining the likelihood of foreign R&D activities than factors reflecting disadvantages related to home location. Secondly, knowledge-oriented motives of foreign R&D are positively correlated to innovation performance of domestic firms, whereas market-oriented and resource-oriented strategies correlate positively with productivity. |
| Subjects: | | Research and development (R&D) Foreign R&D Motives of foreign R&D Home effects of foreign R&D Firm performance |
| JEL: | | O31 F23 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005861215 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | KOF Working Papers, KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle, ETH Zürich
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