The Coordination of Foreign R&D Activities by Transnational Corporations

William A Fischer and Jack N Behrman
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William A Fischer: University of North Carolina
Jack N Behrman: University of North Carolina

Journal of International Business Studies, 1979, vol. 10, issue 3, 28-34

Abstract: The nature of coordination of practices between the headquarters and field operations has long been a matter of considerable importance to the management of research and development (R&D). When the firm performs R&D aboard, in foreign locations, the issue of coordination increases in significance. This article reports on interviews with 35 American and 18 European transnational corporations regarding the coordination of their foreign R&D activities. Coordination practices are shown to affect the nature of R&D performed aboard, the means of establishing R&D aboard, the communication and control systems employed, and the patterns of invention and innovation.© 1979 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (1979) 10, 28–34

Date: 1979
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