Foreign direct investment in industrial research in the pharmaceutical and electronics industries - Results from a survey of multinational firms

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 179-193

  Kuemmerle, Walter ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization of research and development; Location of R D sites; Mode of entry into foreign markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000922960     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(98)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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