This study sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on how multinational firms decide on the location of their R&D facilities. The study, Here or There? A Study of Factors in Multinational R&D Location, is now available from the National Academies Press website. Significant factors include quality of the R&D personnel, university collaboration, and intellectual property protection. For developed economies, the quality of R&D personnel and IP protection ranked as the most important decision factors. In developing economies, the potential local market size and R&D personnel quality took precedence. Low cost does not trump these other factors.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:02 AM | International, Markets: Business, Investment & Innovation

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