Next to Production or to Technological Clusters? The Economics and Management of R&D Location
Mariani, Myriam (1999). Next to Production or to Technological Clusters? The Economics and Management of R&D Location. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
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Sub-type Working paper Author Mariani, Myriam Title Next to Production or to Technological Clusters? The Economics and Management of R&D Location Series Title UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda Volume/Issue No. 29 Publication Date 1999 Publisher UNU-MERIT Language eng Abstract This paper examines the relationship between the location of R&D and production activities. By using a sample of 799 Japanese investments in Europe, it distinguishes between affiliates performing only R&D, both R&D and production, and production only. The analysis produces two main results. First, R&D tends to locate near production activities. Interestingly, however, the higher the science-intensity of a sector, the less important is the linkage with production - i.e. the higher the number of only R&D labs. This is interpreted as the effect produced by more general and transferable scientific work, compared to applied work. Second, by performing a multinomial logit analysis, we show that R&D independent or linked to production are attracted by different local factors. Managerial and policy implications are also discussed. Copyright Year 1999 Copyright type All rights reserved -
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