The Internationalisation of Business R&D
Subtitle: Evidence, Impacts and Implications
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9789264044050
Subjects: Science and Technology
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1. The Activities of Multinationals Abroad; title: -Globalisation on the Rise: The Emergence of Global Value Chains; title: The Increasing Internationalisation of R&D; title: The Role of Multinationals in Global R&D; title: Most R&D Investments Abroad Still Go to OECD Countries; title: Increaseed R&D Activity by Multinationals in Emerging Countries; title: Patenting by Multinationals Abroad; title: Drivers and Motivations of FDI in R&D; title: Outward FDI in R&D by Emerging Countries; title: Organising and Managing R&D Internationalisation within MNEs; title: Chapter 2. The Internationalisation of Innovation; title: The Changing Landscape for R&D Investment; title: The Internationalisation of R&D and Technology Collaboration; title: The Internationalisation of Science; title: The International Mobility of Human Resources in Science and Technology; title: The International Exploitation of Technology; title: Chapter 3. Policy Implications; title: -Challenges and Opporutnities in the Internaitonalisation of Business R&D; title: Policies Relating to the Internaitonalisation of R&D bt MNEs; title: Policies to Encourage the Internationalisation of Innovation; title: Concluding Remarks; title: Bibliography