Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50337 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
KOF Working Papers No. 258
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich
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
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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