Research and development in the German economy is internationalising:
recently there has been an increase in outward DFI by German companies
relative to the inward DFI of foreign-owned companies in Germany.
By examining the long term trends in patents granted in the USA to
the world's largest firms between 1969 and 1995, it emerges that
Germany is now catching-up with a world-wide trend to interna tionalise
technological activaty, and has done this on the basis of its core
technological strengths developed historically at a national and
corporate level. The research and innovation infrastructure of the
economy remains strong, and German companies are locating abroad
in the industries which are the most science-based, which are supportive
of domestically-based core technologies and in which they hold the
strongest competitive position relative to other European firms.
German-owned companies retain their dominance of German-located R
& D in five key industries?electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
metals and motor vehicles?and they have developed technological specialisms
clearly focused on the core technologies of these industries, at
home and now also abroad.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Cantwell1998
%A Cantwell, J.
%A Harding, R.
%D 1998
%I NIESR
%J National Institute Economic Review
%K Decision_Making Interantionalization MBA
%N 1
%P 99
%T The Internationalisation of German Companies' R&D
%V 163
%X Research and development in the German economy is internationalising:
recently there has been an increase in outward DFI by German companies
relative to the inward DFI of foreign-owned companies in Germany.
By examining the long term trends in patents granted in the USA to
the world's largest firms between 1969 and 1995, it emerges that
Germany is now catching-up with a world-wide trend to interna tionalise
technological activaty, and has done this on the basis of its core
technological strengths developed historically at a national and
corporate level. The research and innovation infrastructure of the
economy remains strong, and German companies are locating abroad
in the industries which are the most science-based, which are supportive
of domestically-based core technologies and in which they hold the
strongest competitive position relative to other European firms.
German-owned companies retain their dominance of German-located R
& D in five key industries?electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
metals and motor vehicles?and they have developed technological specialisms
clearly focused on the core technologies of these industries, at
home and now also abroad.
@article{Cantwell1998,
abstract = {Research and development in the German economy is internationalising:
recently there has been an increase in outward DFI by German companies
relative to the inward DFI of foreign-owned companies in Germany.
By examining the long term trends in patents granted in the USA to
the world's largest firms between 1969 and 1995, it emerges that
Germany is now catching-up with a world-wide trend to interna tionalise
technological activaty, and has done this on the basis of its core
technological strengths developed historically at a national and
corporate level. The research and innovation infrastructure of the
economy remains strong, and German companies are locating abroad
in the industries which are the most science-based, which are supportive
of domestically-based core technologies and in which they hold the
strongest competitive position relative to other European firms.
German-owned companies retain their dominance of German-located R
& D in five key industries?electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
metals and motor vehicles?and they have developed technological specialisms
clearly focused on the core technologies of these industries, at
home and now also abroad.},
added-at = {2008-03-25T06:53:52.000+0100},
author = {Cantwell, J. and Harding, R.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e978670ca20c01e0af68364f9251cd2a/acf},
description = {MBA_Decision_Making},
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journal = {National Institute Economic Review},
keywords = {Decision_Making Interantionalization MBA},
number = 1,
pages = 99,
publisher = {NIESR},
timestamp = {2008-03-25T06:54:05.000+0100},
title = {{The Internationalisation of German Companies' R\&D}},
volume = 163,
year = 1998
}