| Author Name | SUZUKI Shinya (NISTEP) / Rene BELDERBOS (University of Leuven, UNU-MERIT, and Maastricht University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) |
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| Creation Date/NO. | December 2012 12-E-080 |
| Research Project | East Asian Firm-Level Productivity Project |
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Abstract
We examine the impact of the strength of host countries' university research and university-industry collaboration on the propensity of Japanese multinational firms to conduct research and development (R&D) activities in these countries. We consider heterogeneous effects based on the type of R&D activity: basic research, applied research, and development for local markets and for global markets. Drawing on official survey data on R&D facilities of 498 Japanese multinational firms in 24 host countries, we find support for the notion that the strength of university research increases the probability that firms conduct R&D in a host country. Applied research activities are attracted to countries with relatively intensive university-industry collaboration. Moreover, firms from high-tech industries respond significantly more strongly to the presence of university research than those from low-tech industries.
Published: Suzuki, Shinya, René Belderbos, and Hyeog Ug Kwon, 2017. "The location of multinational firms' R&D activities abroad: Host country university research, university–industry collaboration, and R&D heterogeneity," Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 36, pp. 125-159
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/S0742-332220170000036005
