Boosting the EUs attractiveness to international R&D investments: what matters? What works?

Fernando Hervas Soriano, Iulia Siedschlag () and Alexander Tuebke
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Fernando Hervas Soriano: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Alexander Tuebke: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Alexander Tübke

No JRC92084, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: This Policy Brief discusses recent evidence on patterns and trends in the internationalisation of EU corporate R&D activities and the factors which drive location choices. This evidence suggests that boosting international investment in R&D activities requires a combination of policy measures aimed at enhancing the knowledge base of locations, and investment promotion policies tailored to investors from different countries. The policy mix should include measures aiming at improving the efficiency of national and regional innovation systems, particularly through: a) Increasing the quality of education systems and skills, to enable the emergence of centres of research excellence, b) Facilitating the clustering of R&D activities, given the importance of proximity for knowledge spillovers.

Keywords: international; R&D; investment; EU (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2014-12
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