LOCALISATION DES ACTIVITeS DE R D DES FIRMES MULTINATIONALES, MODES D’ORGANISATION EN ReSEAUX ET TRANSFERT TRANSNATIONAL DES CONNAISSANCES: UN CADRE D’ANALYSE

Virginie Jacquier-Roux () and Christian LE Bas ()
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Virginie Jacquier-Roux: LEPII, Universite Pierre Mendes France
Christian LE Bas: LEFI, Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, Institut des Sciences de l Homme

Region et Developpement, 2008, vol. 28, 11-38

Abstract: In this paper, we deal with the process of internationalisation of R D activities. In particular, we focus our study on the factors explaining the localisation of multinational corporations’ (MNC) foreign direct investment in R D. Firstly we set out evidence regarding the recent trends of the firms’ R D internationalisation in particular with the emergence of the Asian area. We suggest an analytical framework broken down into two lines of reasoning that have never been articulated so far. The first is provided by the distinction first elaborated by Dunning (2000) between asset-augmenting and asset-exploiting activities. The second comes from the firm network organization in particular the taxonomy suggested by the De Meyer (1993 and 1998) papers. These two models enable us to picture out the different mechanisms relating to the knowledge creation/absorption/diffusion and the motivations matching the localisation. We show that the main features of the model still remain relevant in the case of the Chinese innovation system.

Keywords: LOCALISATION DE LA R D; FIRMES MULTINATIONALES; ReSEAUX; CONNAISSANCES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F22 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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