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- Title
Next to Production or to Technological Clusters? The Economics and Management of R&D Location.
- Authors
Mariani, Myriam
- Abstract
This paper examines the relationshipbetween the location of R&D and productionactivities. By using a sample of 799 Japaneseinvestments in Europe, it distinguishes betweenaffiliates performingonly R&D, bothR&D and production, andproductiononly. The analysis produces two main results.First, R&D tends to locate close to productionactivities. Interestingly, however, the higherthe science-intensity of a sector, the lessimportant is the linkage with production. Thisis interpreted as the effect produced by moregeneral and transferable scientific work,compared to applied work. Second, by performinga multinomial logit analysis, we show that R&Dactivities, independent or linked toproduction, are attracted by different localfactors. Specifically, geographical proximityto the local science base is an importantfactor for locatingonly R&Dlaboratories compared toR&D andproduction, andproductiononly. Firmand sector-specific characteristics also affectthe probability of setting up an independentR&D affiliate.
- Subjects
INDUSTRIES; TECHNOLOGICAL progress; RESEARCH &; development; LOGITS; PROBABILITY theory; INDUSTRIAL productivity
- Publication
Journal of Management & Governance, 2002, Vol 6, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
1385-3457
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1015702522373