R&D Co-operation in European Post-transition Economies

Andrea Gauselmann

No 4/2013, IWH Discussion Papers from Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

Abstract: Innovation systems abroad become more and more important to multinational enterprises (MNEs) as sources of knowledge and technology. On the other hand, MNEs' foreign subsidiaries can be considered agents of technological and economic development in their target location region. Applying a logit estimation, this discussion paper investigates which firm- and region-specific determinants influence co-operations in the area of research and development (R&D) between the foreign subsidiary and the regional innovation system. Results suggest that especially the foreign subsidiary's mandate in terms of R&D and management, its size and the regional knowledge stock are positively associated with these co-operations. The analysis focuses on posttransition economies, using the example of five selected CEE countries and East Germany. We exploit a unique dataset - the IWH FDI Micro Database - which holds information on 1,245 foreign subsidiaries in this region.

Keywords: Foreign direct investment; Central East Europe; East Germany; R&D-cooperations; Ausländische Direktinvestitionen; Mittel- und Osteuropa; Ostdeutschland; FuE-Kooperationen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 O30 P13 P20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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