Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Kumar, Nagesh
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Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: Intellectual Property Protection, Market Orientation and Location of Overseas R&D
	 Activities by Multinational Enterprises
Abstract: This paper develops an analytical framework to explain the determinants of
	 location of overseas R&D by MNEs in terms of the nature and extent of FDI and host
	 country resources and policy regimes. Empirical findings for U.S. MNEs suggest that
	 MNEs prefer to locate their R&D activities in countries that are able to offer
	 them, among other particulars, larger markets, technological resources and
 	 infrastructure. Host market-oriented affiliates are more likely to have R&D units
	 than the export-oriented ones, especially in developing countries. The relative
	 strength of patent regime appears to affect the direction rather than the magnitude
	 of R&D investments made in a country.
Keywords: Intellectual Property Protection; R&D; Transnational Corporations
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 1995
Number: 01
File-URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/9501.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:199501