TY - UNPB
T1 - Globalisation of Innovation
T2 - The Role of Multinational Enterprises
AU - Narula, Rajneesh
AU - Zanfei, Antonello
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This paper undertakes a brief evaluation of the trends in the internationalization of innovativeactivities. We provide a taxonomy of R&D internationalization strategies, and discuss the main relevant theoretical and empirical issues, before discussing the centripetal and centrifugal forces underlying the nature and evolution of cross border innovation. We address the issue ofinternational technology partnering as a key strategy that is complementary to theinternationalisation of innovative activities through internal means, before raising importantpolicy dimensions and directions for future research that derive from these debates.Key words: R&D internationalization, globalisation, multinationals, alliances, technology policyJEL Codes: F23, O32
AB - This paper undertakes a brief evaluation of the trends in the internationalization of innovativeactivities. We provide a taxonomy of R&D internationalization strategies, and discuss the main relevant theoretical and empirical issues, before discussing the centripetal and centrifugal forces underlying the nature and evolution of cross border innovation. We address the issue ofinternational technology partnering as a key strategy that is complementary to theinternationalisation of innovative activities through internal means, before raising importantpolicy dimensions and directions for future research that derive from these debates.Key words: R&D internationalization, globalisation, multinationals, alliances, technology policyJEL Codes: F23, O32
KW - Multinationale selskaber
KW - Innovation
KW - R&D
KW - Virksomhedens Internationalisering
KW - Forskningspolitik
KW - Virksomhedens forskning
M3 - Working paper
BT - Globalisation of Innovation
CY - København
ER -