Cristina Chaminade
Professor
Globalisation of innovation in knowledge intensive industries : Lessons from the new China
Author
Summary, in English
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.
Department/s
- CIRCLE
Publishing year
2012
Language
English
Pages
264-284
Publication/Series
International Journal of Technology and Globalisation
Volume
6
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Inderscience Publishers
Topic
- Economic Geography
Keywords
- Catching up
- China
- Development
- Globalisation
- Innovation
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1476-5667