Overseas R&D by Multinationals in Foreign Centers of Excellence

Arbeitspapier

This paper examines the determinants of overseas R&D by Swedish multinationals. Our empirical results indicate that the location of R&D abroad to a large extent is motivated by the need to adapt products and processes to conditions in the foreign markets where the firms operate. However, we also find that the MNEs tend to locate their R&D in host countries which are relatively specialized technologically in the firms' own areas. This finding may suggest that one additional motive to locating R&D abroad is to gain access to knowledge in foreign 'centers of excellence' and benefit from localized spillovers.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IUI Working Paper ; No. 458

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
• Subject: Overseas R&D ; Technology Sourcing ; Multinationals ; Industrieforschung ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Schweden

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fors, Gunnar ; Zejan, Mario
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 1996

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/94800
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET