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R&D Strategy of Small and Medium Enterprises in India
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2010
of policy concern for the survival of SMEs in emerging economies like India. These SMEs account for the largest chunk of … driving the SME in-house R&D activities. It shows that Indian SMEs continue to be vulnerable among all firms as they have the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461994
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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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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs
Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the drivers and effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a … important for international innovation activities of SMEs. Fierce home market competition turns out to be rather an obstacle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097716
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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs
Schmiele, Anja; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … important for international innovation activities of SMEs. Fierce home market competition turns out to be rather an obstacle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098387
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784860
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856430
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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