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Multinationals and the internationalization of R&D: New developments in German companies☆
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Theories on multinational companies generally assume that a technological advantage resulting from innovative R&D of the parent corporation is a prerequisite for its ability to establish manufacturing subsidiaries abroad, and that technology is transferred in a unidirectional flow from the parent company to these subsidiaries as mentioned in this paper.About:
This article is published in Research Policy.The article was published on 1990-04-01. It has received 67 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Internationalization & Subsidiary.read more
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The geographic sources of foreign subsidiaries' innovations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the geographic origins of the knowledge sources utilized by foreign subsidiaries during the process of technological innovation and develop and test a set of hypotheses that explain the conditions under which innovating subsidiaries are likely to draw upon sources of knowledge located in the home base of the firm and/or the subsidiary's host country environment.
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The globalization of R&D: Results of a survey of foreign-affiliated R&D laboratories in the USA
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the globalization of innovation and the phenomenon of foreign direct investment (FDI) in research and development to do so, it draws from a survey of foreign-affiliated R&D laboratories in the United States.
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New concepts and trends in international R&D organization
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of 33 companies reveals five different types of R&D organization in multinational companies (MNC) and identifies the ethnocentric centralized, the geocentric centralised, the polycentric decentralized, the r&D hub, and the integrated R-D network organization.
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The R&D Activities of Foreign Firms in the United States
John H. Dunning,Rajneesh Narula +1 more
TL;DR: The R&D Activities of Foreign Firms in the United States as discussed by the authors is a survey of the research activities of foreign firms in the US in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Internationalization of R&D — a survey of some recent research
TL;DR: The current state of the art concerning the management and economic impact of geographically decentralized research and development (R&D) in multinational companies (MNCs) is surveyed in this article.
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International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on international investment and international trade in the product cycle and argue that it is a mistake to assume that equal access to scientific principles in all the advanced countries means equal probability of the application of these principles in the generation of new products.
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Explaining changing patterns of international production: in defence of the eclectic theory
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International R&D : The Establishment and Evolution of Research and Development Abroad by Seven U.S. Multinationals
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive investigation of the research and development investments made abroad by seven U.S.-based seven multinational organizations is presented, including Exxon Chemical Company, International Business Machines (IBM), the chemicals and Plastics Group of Union Carbide Corporation; CPC International; Otis Elevator Company; and the Corning Glass Works.
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