The Location of Multinational Firms’ R&D Activities Abroad: Host Country University Research, University-Industry Collaboration, and R&D Heterogeneity
The Location of Multinational Firms’ R&D Activities Abroad: Host Country University Research, University-Industry Collaboration, and R&D Heterogeneity
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跨国公司海外研发活动的定位：东道国大学研究、产学研合作和研发异质性
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10.1108/s0742-332220170000036005
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2017
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Rene Belderbos and Hyeog Ug Kwon
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Shinya Suzuki;Rene Belderbos and Hyeog Ug Kwon
我们研究跨国公司在东道国进行R&D活动的倾向的决定因素，特别注意东道国的大学研究的影响。我们认为异构的位置驱动器的类型的R&D活动：基础研究，应用研究，为当地市场的发展，并为全球市场的发展。根据对498家日本跨国企业在24个东道国的R&D活动进行的官方调查数据，通过对两阶段模型的估计，我们发现企业在东道国进行R&D的可能性随着大学研究的加强而普遍增加。以公司的研发存在为条件，大学的研究实力与开展（基础）研究活动而不是（当地）发展的更大倾向有关，而东道国大学-产业合作的强度与应用研究的关系最为密切。东道国的经验和公司在制造业的深度也与从事研究的较高倾向有关。
We examine the determinants of multinational firms’ propensity to conduct R&D activities in host countries, with specific attention to the influence of host countries’ university research. We consider heterogeneous locational drivers related to the type of R&D activity: basic research, applied research, development for local markets, and development for global markets. Drawing on official survey data on R&D activities by 498 Japanese multinational firms in 24 host countries and estimating two-stage models, we find that the likelihood that firms conduct R&D in a host country is generally increasing in the strength of university research. Conditional on a firm’s R&D presence, university research strength is associated with a greater propensity to conduct (basic) research activities rather than (local) development, while the intensity of host country university–industry collaboration is most strongly associated with applied research. Host country experience and the depth of the firm’s manufacturing presence are also associated higher propensities to engage in research.