Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128923 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WIFO Working Papers No. 375
Publisher: 
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna
Abstract: 
The aim of this paper 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.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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