The Internationalisation of Business R&D [electronic resource]: Evidence, Impacts and Implications /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Guinet, Jean.
De Backer, Koen.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2008.
Globalisation is quickly reshaping the international economic landscape, resulting in an increasing global supply of science and technology (S&T) resources and capabilities. This book analyses trends in the offshoring of R&D, examines its drivers and motivations, and identifies implications for innovation policy. It examines the internationalisation of R&D through foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs), which account for the bulk of business R&D in the OECD area. It also discusses complementary aspects of the global innovation landscape, such as the internationalisation of science, the growing importance of international technology co-operation and the growing international mobility of researchers.
CONTENTS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. THE ACTIVITIES OF MULTINATIONALS ABROAD; Globalisation on the rise: the emergence of global value chains; The increasing internationalisation of R&D; The role of multinationals in global R&D; Most R&D investments abroad still go to OECD countries; Increased R&D activity by multinationals in emerging countries; Patenting by multinationals abroad; Drivers and motivations of foreign direct investment in R&D; Outward FDI in R&D by emerging countries; Organising and managing R&D internationalisation within MNEs
CHAPTER 2. THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF INNOVATIONThe changing landscape for R&D investment; The internationalisation of R&D and technology collaboration; The internationalisation of science; The international mobility of human resources in science and technology; The international exploitation of technology; CHAPTER 3. POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Challenges and opportunities in the internationalisation of businessresearch and development; Policies relating to the internationalisation of R&D by MNEs; Policies to encourage the internationalisation of innovation; Concluding remarks; BIBLIOGRAPHY
"The study was prepared by Jean Guinet and Koen De Backer ..."--Foreword, p. 3.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-107).
Globalisation is quickly reshaping the international economic landscape, resulting in an increasing global supply of science and technology (S&T) resources and capabilities. This book analyses trends in the offshoring of R&D, examines its drivers and motivations, and identifies implications for innovation policy. It examines the internationalisation of R&D through foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs), which account for the bulk of business R&D in the OECD area. It also discusses complementary aspects of the global innovation landscape, such as the internationalisation of science, the growing importance of international technology co-operation and the growing international mobility of researchers.
Research, Industrial
Research, Industrial