Leitner, Sandra; Dachs, Bernhard; Stehrer, Robert - European Regional Science Association - 2012
foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) are now among the top performers of R&D in many EU and non-EU countries. Specifically …In recent years, firms have considerably decentralized their research and development (R&D) activities. Subsidiaries of …, MNE affiliates account for around 20% of total business R&D in France, Germany and Italy; between 30% and 50% in Canada …