Globalisation of innovation in knowledge intensive industries : Lessons from the new China
(2012) In International Journal of Technology and Globalisation 6(4). p.264-284- Abstract
The global location of R & D labs by MNCs is a rather new phenomenon; especially when it comes to establishing R & D labs in developing countries. The existing and rather limited literature on globalisation of innovation provides four possible explanations of why multinationals locate R & D labs in developing countries: reduce research costs, access large markets, tap into a large pool of qualified human resources or benefit from knowledge spillovers available in the local/regional system of innovation. The empirical research presented in this paper reveals that none of these arguments can fully explain the increasing location of R & D labs in China. The in-depth study of MNCs R & D labs in Beijing and Shanghai,... (More)
The global location of R & D labs by MNCs is a rather new phenomenon; especially when it comes to establishing R & D labs in developing countries. The existing and rather limited literature on globalisation of innovation provides four possible explanations of why multinationals locate R & D labs in developing countries: reduce research costs, access large markets, tap into a large pool of qualified human resources or benefit from knowledge spillovers available in the local/regional system of innovation. The empirical research presented in this paper reveals that none of these arguments can fully explain the increasing location of R & D labs in China. The in-depth study of MNCs R & D labs in Beijing and Shanghai, China, reveals that specific aspects of market, technological and political uncertainty provide a more adequate explanation to the increasing presence of R & D labs from MNCs in developing countries such as China and thus calls for an integration in the regional innovation systems framework.
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- Chen, Yun Chung ; Vang, Jan and Chaminade, Cristina LU
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- 2012
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- Catching up, China, Development, Globalisation, Innovation
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- International Journal of Technology and Globalisation
- volume
- 6
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 21 pages
- publisher
- Inderscience Publishers
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- scopus:84871341211
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- 1476-5667
- DOI
- 10.1504/IJTG.2012.050960
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- English
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- yes
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- 800a7ed6-9a4a-497f-a63a-d71f64392151
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