The maturation of global corporate R&D: Evidence from the activity of U.S. foreign subsidiaries

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 390-406

  Hegde, Deepak ^a   Hicks, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Innovation; Location; MNCs; Research and development

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INNOVATION; MARKETING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

GLOBALIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 40649128276     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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