Production site RandD in a mature industrial region
The AA. show that the absence of free-standing RandD units is paralleled by limited RandD activities within production sites. The most frequently cited suppliers of RandD are consultants together with local colleges and universities. Limited RandD
The development of Sweden's RandD-intensive electronics industries: exports, outsourcing, and territorial distribution
The AA. explore the relationship between RandD intensity, territorial distribution, subcontracting, and establishment performance in the RandD-intensive electronic industries. Their export performance is considered first (relationship
with employment characteristics and territorial location). An analysis of the territorial distribution provides insights on the significance of lower costs and higher RandD intensity for small-scale operations.
The paper explores the realities of science park formation. Adequate institutional thickness and local embeddedness apply only to a small number of RandD firms in the Park. The myth that spatial proximity to RandD institutions and organisations
automatically results in collaborative efforts is examined. There is an urgent need for a transformation in the prevailing thinking of economic planning, RandD policies and urban development.
The scale and scope of process RandD in the Irish pharmaceutical industry
This paper analyses the changing role of Ireland in the global process RandD networks of the pharmaceutical companies. It is based on data collected in an email survey of all pharmaceutical establishments in Ireland and face-to-face interviews
with 13 companies. It outlines the various stages of the process RandD cycle and assesses the involvement of the Irish establishments at each stage. Far from a uniform undifferentiated activity, process RandD comprises a range of activities. The results
show that although Irish plants are increasing their involvement in process RandD, this involvement tends to be concentrated in the last stages of the cycle.
Les exportations du Swaziland sont assez diversifiées: sucre| pâte de bois non blanchie| minerai de fer| chrysolite (amiante)| bois brut et manufacturé| etc... Au total, les importations du Swaziland se sont élevées en 1974 à 87,8millions de rands
(Rand= 300FCFA), contre 66,6millions de rands en 1973. Sur ces montants, la part de l'Afrique du Sud a été respectivement de 82,9millions et 61,3millions de rands. Voir la liste des principales importations.
Academic research strengths and multinational firms’ foreign RandD location decisions : evidence from RandD investments in European regions
This paper analyzes the determinants of the location of a host multinational RandD projects in NUTS-1 regions of EU-15 countries during the period 2003–08. It finds that the probability of RandD projects being located in a host region is positively
affected by the host region’s academic strength—after controlling for industry agglomeration, the technological strength of the region, RandD tax incentives, and other characteristics of host locations. The results further suggest that a major mechanism
through which academic research attracts foreign RandD is the supply of PhD graduates.
Agglomeration economies and firm RandD efforts : an analysis of China’s electronics and telecommunications industries
This study conducts empirical analysis to test the role of agglomeration economies in RandD efforts using plant-level data of the electronic and telecommunication equipment manufacturing industry in 2007. Statistical results suggest that both
localization and urbanization economies significantly affect firm RandD. Downstream sectors are the major driving force of business RandD. Downstream firms are more likely to generate externalities than upstream ones. Upstream and midstream agglomerations even
In-house RandD efforts, rather than imported technologies, are the primary sources of industrial innovation in China. Regarding these efforts, it is found that in-house RandD laboratories are important sources for the creation of new products
, though it is enterprise-wide RandD spending rather than the mere presence of in-house facilities that is more likely to lead to market success. The limited nature of efforts to absorb imported technologies has become a serious barrier to fulfilling
les thèmes suivants sont abordés dans l'article : 1. L'importance économique globale de la recherche-développement (RandD), 2. Comparaison internationale des tendances, 3. Conséquences à court et à long terme, 4. Mondialisation de la RandD, 5
. Facteurs de localisation, 6. La dimension régionale, 7. La répartition régionale des capacités industrielles en RandD, 8. La répartition régionale des industries intensives en recherche, 9. RandD dans les organismes publics de recherche en Allemagne. - (MT)
Does location matter for firms' RandD behaviour ? Empirical evidence for Danish firms
Les AA. se demandent si la localisation régionale est importante dans le comportement des entreprises à l'égard de la recherche-développement. La probabilité que les entreprises implantées dans les villes fassent plus de RandD que celles qui sont
implantées ailleurs est testée. Les données n'étayent pas l'affirmation d'une hiérarchisation urbaine de la RandD des entreprises danoises. D'autres facteurs non régionaux ont un impact non négligeable sur le comportement des entreprises. Importance de l'âge
Cet article cherche à examiner comment la RandD d'un établissement et la proximité géographique et technologique de la RandD externe influent sur la productivité d'un établissement.
The spillover effects of RandD on manufacturing industry in Taiwan's metropolitan areas
considérée dans son ensemble, ainsi que quelques types de branches pour lesquels la RandD prend des valeurs extrêmes (faibles ou fortes). Il existe un effet de déversement pour toutes les catégories, qui tend à se renforcer avec l'échelle de l'entreprise.
local and foreign firms. Using general indicators such as qualification of the workforce and training expenditure as well as RandD-specific indicators such as RandD-expenditure, -personnel and -cooperation, it finds evidence that in general foreign firms
tend to posses a higher absorptive capacity while the opposite is true for RandD performing firms. - (IfL)
The return to the technological frontier : the conditional effect of RandD on plant productivity in Finnish manufacturing
Les AA. se demandent si l'impact de la recherche-développement sur la productivité sont conditionnés par l'écart de productivité de l'établissement provenant de la frontière technologique d'une branche industrielle. La RandD propre à un