scispace - formally typeset
Journal ArticleDOI

Multinationals and the internationalization of R&D: New developments in German companies☆

Michael Wortmann
- 01 Apr 1990 - 
- Vol. 19, Iss: 2, pp 175-183
TLDR
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

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

The R&D Activities of Foreign Firms in the United States

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Related Papers (5)