Internationalization of R&D and innovation by multinational enterprises (MNEs) has
undergone a gradual and comprehensive change in perspective over the past 50 years …

This article identifies the specific characteristics of Nordic international business research by
analyzing how Nordic researchers over time have perceived and conceptualized their …

This paper examines the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in research and
development laboratories by 32 multinational enterprises in the pharmaceutical and …

Research and development are subject to different location drivers. The analysis of 1021
R&D units, each distinguished by its main orientation towards either research or …

The globalization of markets, the regionalization of technical and scientific expertise, and the
rapid change in technologies are forcing technology-based companies to continuously …

This paper examines motives, location characteristics, inter-temporal characteristics and
modes of entry for foreign direct investment (FDI) in research and development (R&D). The …

Using material from surveys of multinational enterprise (MNE) production subsidiaries and
laboratories operating in the UK, the paper seeks to discern vital changes in the roles of …

This study examines the determinants of international knowledge flow. From a resource-
based perspective, it evaluates the impact of cross-national knowledge transfer on firm …

Abstract Y OUNG S., H OOD N. and P ETERS E.(1994) Multinational enterprises and
regional economic development, Reg. Studies 28, 657–677. This paper summarizes and …

Drawing on a sample of foreign R&D units in 17 Swedish MNCs, this paper examines how
variations in the intensity of interaction with local partners–'embeddedness'–and with other …