By Jerry Thursby, Emory University and Marie Thursby, Georgia Institute of Technology & National Bu
ISBN-10: 0309101840
ISBN-13: 9780309101844
ISBN-10: 0309660068
ISBN-13: 9780309660068
During this report back to the Government-University-Industry study Roundtable, authors Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby summarize their study at the globalization of company R&D. The authors surveyed two hundred multinational businesses approximately fresh and destiny R&D place judgements, and the standards influencing these judgements. The survey confirms that China and India are fundamental ambitions of R&D growth, yet this development doesn't but portend a "hollowing out" of R&D power within the usa. R&D situation judgements are complicated and pushed by means of numerous elements, together with the possibility of marketplace progress, the standard of R&D group of workers, and the surroundings for taking part with universities. the price of study, whereas vital, isn't the basic consider siting judgements.
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To interpret the table, note that an “Attractor” is defined as a factor with an average agreement score of more than 3 (recall that 4 and 5 are agree or strongly agree) and for which the average level of importance in the site deliberations is greater than 3 (recall that 4 and 5 are important and very important). A “Detractor” is a factor with an average agreement score that is less than 3 (hence, respondents do not agree with the factor statement) and for which the average level of importance is greater than 3.
Of 50 respondents, 12 (24 percent) gave both an agreement level of 4 or 5 and an importance level of 4 or 5. The results suggest that tax breaks are more prevalent in developed countries. Note that respondents disagree that costs are low in developed countries, but, on average, costs are not important in their deliberations. For the remaining factors, two stand out as being particularly important in firm deliberations about developed country sites: protection of intellectual property and quality of R&D personnel.
60 % Technical Employees 50 40 30 20 10 0 Familiar/Familiar Familiar/New New/Familiar Technology/Market Home FIGURE 11 Type of research conducted. Dev EMG New/New PROTECTING AND CAPITALIZING ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 33 Results by quadrant are not statistically significantly different by home versus other developed economies. However, results for home and other developed sites are significantly different from results for emerging economy sites. The potentially important R&D (new technologies and familiar products and new technologies and new markets) is conducted typically in developed economies (home or elsewhere) where intellectual property protection is greatest.