Live and Let Die: A Survival Analysis of Foreign R&D Units in Swedish MNCs

Lars Håkanson

Live and Let Die: A Survival Analysis of Foreign R&D Units in Swedish MNCs

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This paper develops and tests as set of hypotheses regarding factors that influence the longevity of foreign R&D units in Swedish MNEs 1992-2012. The results obtained points to a hitherto underexplored aspect of the internationalization of R&D – the quite considerable volatility of R&D activities undertaken abroad. Over the 20 year period, 42 per cent of the R&D units had been closed down. As hypothesized, the hazard for closure declines with age and is greater for R&D units added through mergers and acquisitions than for greenfield establishments, but was smaller for strongly locally embedded units and units with R&D directed towards global markets. Contrary to expectations, the hazard of closure was greater for units strongly integrated with the rest of the MNE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business : Local Contexts in Global Business
Editors	Klaus Meyer, Tunga Kiyak
Place of Publication	East Lansing, MI
Publisher	Academy of International Business
Publication date	2014
Pages	274
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	AIB 2014 Annual Meeting : Local Context in Global Business - Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, Canada Duration: 23 Jun 2014 → 26 Jun 2014 Conference number: 56 http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/

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Conference	AIB 2014 Annual Meeting
Number	56
Location	Westin Bayshore
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	23/06/2014 → 26/06/2014
Internet address	http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/

Series	Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings
Volume	56
ISSN	2078-4430

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Håkanson, Lars. / Live and Let Die : A Survival Analysis of Foreign R&D Units in Swedish MNCs. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. editor / Klaus Meyer ; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business, 2014. pp. 274 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56).

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Håkanson, L 2014, Live and Let Die: A Survival Analysis of Foreign R&D Units in Swedish MNCs. in K Meyer & T Kiyak (eds), Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. Academy of International Business, East Lansing, MI, Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, vol. 56, pp. 274, AIB 2014 Annual Meeting , Vancouver, Canada, 23/06/2014. <http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/pdfs/AIB2014_Proceedings.pdf>

Live and Let Die: A Survival Analysis of Foreign R&D Units in Swedish MNCs. / Håkanson, Lars.
Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. ed. / Klaus Meyer; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI: Academy of International Business, 2014. p. 274 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56).

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Håkanson L. Live and Let Die: A Survival Analysis of Foreign R&D Units in Swedish MNCs. In Meyer K, Kiyak T, editors, Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. East Lansing, MI: Academy of International Business. 2014. p. 274. (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56).