Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202130 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IPTS Working Papers on Corporate R&D and Innovation No. 02/2011
Publisher: 
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville
Abstract: 
The globalisation of R&D activities has continued to grow as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has brought researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalisation of corporate R&D and the related driving factors and impacts. This Working Paper provides an overview of the evolution of globalised business R&D activities and an outline of trends is provided with quantitative information from 2001 to 2009. Thus, the literature on the main drivers and impacts of the research process is reviewed and controversial arguments are discussed and reflected upon in the light of recent empirical observations. In particular, the drivers for firms to undertake R&D in their home country, to internationalise their R&D operations and to select a particular location for R&D implementation are analysed according to both the perspective of S&T supply side and for goods and services demand side. Furthermore, the impact of the internationalisation of business R&D is analysed for firms' host or home countries, with a particular focus on the effects on competitiveness and employment. The conclusions and policy implications from the main results of this work are presented in the last section of the document.
Subjects: 
Research and Development [R&D]
Business Enterprise Expenditure on R&D [BERD]
internationalisation
innovation
investment gap
R&D policies
JEL: 
F21
F23
L16
O32
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-79-20489-0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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