Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121095 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
FIW Working Paper No. 97
Publisher: 
FIW - Research Centre International Economics, Vienna
Abstract: 
The paper complements entry mode research by dealing with the choice of alternative modes of governance in the specific case of foreign R&D and its impact on a parent firm's performance. Firstly, we identify the factors that determine whether a firm locates abroad any R&D activities, and, if it does so, whether it chooses an equity-based rather than a non-equity co-operative mode of governance. The OLI paradigm is used as theoretical background of this analysis. Secondly, we determine the impact of foreign R&D on a parent firm's performance in terms of innovation output and labour productivity, and investigate whether this effect differs among firms using the one or the other governance mode. The study is based on separate estimations for Switzerland and Austria using comparable firm data and model specifications. The two countries are interesting cases as they strongly differ in terms of level and pattern of internationalisation.
Subjects: 
Internationalisation of R&D
Governance of foreign R&D
International R&D co-operation
Foreign R&D and performance
OLI paradigm and R&D
JEL: 
F23
L22
L24
O31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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