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R&D strategy of small and medium enterprises in India: Trends and determinants
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
of policy concern for the survival of SMEs in emerging economies like India as these firms accounts for the largest chunk … SMEs has become a very important policy parameter. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the literature on Indian R …&D by analyzing the trends and patterns of R&D investment by Indian manufacturing SMEs during the period 1991−2008 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583566
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Multinational Firms and Innovation: The Role of R&D Collaboration, Markets and Ownership
Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007
In this paper, we examine the relationship between R&D collaboration, corporate ownership, market orientation and innovation. In doing so, we classify a Swedish sample of 1,249 multinational enterprises, MNEs, on the basis of their main market, corporate ownership structure and whether their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190545
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Multinationals in the Knowledge Economy - a case study of AstraZeneca in Sweden
Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Börje; Karlsson, Charlie; … - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008
This report presents a case study of the role of a large R&D intensive multinational company for a small open economy. The case study examines the role of AstraZeneca in the Swedish economy, i.e. an economy dominated by multinational companies. The purpose of the report is to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419313
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Globalisation of Innovation in SMEs: Why They Go Abroad and What They Bring Back Home
Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - In: Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) 59 (2008) Supplement, pp. 173-212
This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … competition and innovation-related location advantages for an SME’s decision to engage in innovation activities abroad. By linking … international innovation activities of SMEs. High innovation costs at home stimulate internationalisation of non-R&D innovation …
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The Innovativeness of Foreign Firms in China
Urem, Branka; Alcorta, Ludovico; An, Tongliang - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
This paper studies the relationship between foreign ownership and innovations of high novelty in context of advanced developing countries. We develop hypotheses about a direct relationship in terms of two dimensions, propensity and intensity of innovations of high novelty, and a contingency...
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The Innovativeness of Foreign Firms in China
Urem, Branka; Alcorta, Ludovico; An, Tongliang - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
This paper studies the relationship between foreign ownership and innovations of high novelty in context of advanced developing countries. We develop hypotheses about a direct relationship in terms of two dimensions, propensity and intensity of innovations of high novelty, and a contingency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150784
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Globalisation of production and innovation: how outsourcing is reshaping an advanced manufacturing area.
Cusmano, Lucia; Mancusi, Maria Luisa; Morrison, Andrea - KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and … - 2006
Pervasive outsourcing is transforming business models and productive relations in advanced manufacturing areas. In particular, the international dimension of outsourcing, off-shoring, has been attracting great attention, as it leads to the emergence of global value chains and internationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005087149
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From Learning to Partnership. Multinational R&D Cooperation in Developing Countries
Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Carraro, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
This paper is a first attempt to analyse the determinants of inter-firm R&D agreements between advanced and developing countries, i.e. between firms with asymmetric endowments of knowledge. It shows that international dispersion of R&D activity by multinationals also concerns developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124163
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Reverse knowledge transfer and its implications for European policy
Narula, Rajneesh; Michel, Julie - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
There is a growing international dispersion of R&D activities by MNEs for the purposes of maintaining and augmenting their knowledge assets. Firms need to tap into alternative knowledge sources , as home countries are rarely able to meet all their technological needs. However, accessing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712333
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Recovering the sunk costs of R&D: the moulds industry case
Santos, Carlos Daniel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Sunk costs for R&D are an important determinant of the level of innovation in the economy. In this paper I recover them using a Markov equilibrium framework. The contribution is twofold. First, a model of industry dynamics which accounts for selection into R&D, capital accumulation and...
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