Title :
Global R&D activities of US multinational corporations: some empirical results
Author :
Von Boehmer, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Res. in Innovation Manage., Kiel Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Some preliminary findings of an ongoing research project on global R&D activities of multinational corporations are presented. In a questionnaire survey among US multinational corporations (MNCs) data were collected on 132 foreign R&D facilities. The author attempts to describe the foreign R&D facilities of US MNCs along various dimensions such as size and regional distribution, focus, and industrial sector of activities; generate and discuss a set of decision parameters that explain why corporations operate R&D facilities outside their home country; and illustrate how these parameters vary across certain R&D facilities
Keywords :
research and development management; US multinational corporations; decision parameters; development; global R and D; research; Business; Companies; Innovation management; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Personnel; Research and development; Research and development management;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management : the New International Language
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0161-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1991.183596
