Internationalisation of Industrial R&D : Patterns and Trends In an age of globalising production the internationalisation of industrial R&D is an increasingly pronounced feature in OECD countries. But just how extensive a phenomenon is it What proportion of national research is under foreign control and in which sectors How much R&D do multinational corporations undertake outside their own home countries This report also analyses the linkages between the production and R&D activities of foreign affiliates in OECD countries and of affiliates of domestic firms abroad on a sectoral level. It highlights the need to reassess each countrys potential for R&D and innovation in the light of what is being done both within and beyond its borders.