The determinants of overseas R&D by Japanese firms: an empirical study at the industry and company levels
The determinants of overseas R&D by Japanese firms: an empirical study at the industry and company levels
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DOI：
10.1016/s0048-7333(96)00892-x
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发表时间：
1996-10
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影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
H. Odagiri;Hideto Yasuda
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作者：
H. Odagiri;Hideto Yasuda
日本企业在20世纪80年代后半期积极投资海外研发。本文利用多个来源的数据（产业区域层面、公司层面和日本在美投资）和多个研发指标（海外研发支出、海外实验室数量和海外研发子公司数量），研究了日本企业海外研发投资的决定因素。研究结果与之前美国或欧洲跨国公司的研究结果基本一致，例如，对当地营销的支持是一个重要的动机。此外，对本地制造业的支持似乎是一个重要的动机，特别是在亚洲，获得先进的技术知识和研发资源在美国和欧洲似乎是一个重要的动机。
Japanese firms actively invested in overseas R&D during the second half of the 1980s. This paper investigates the determinants of their overseas R&D investment by using multiple sources of data (at the industry-area level, at the company level, and for the Japanese investment in the US) and multiple measures of R&D (R&D expenditure abroad, the number of overseas laboratories, and the number of overseas R&D subsidiaries). The results generally agree with the previous ones for American or European multinationals by indicating, for instance, that the support for local marketing is an important motivation. In addition, the support for local manufacturing appears an important motivation especially in Asia and the access to advanced technological knowledge and R&D resources appears an important motivation in the US and Europe.