In recent years, firms have considerably decentralized their research and development (R&D) activities. Subsidiaries of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) are now among the top performers of R&D in many EU and non-EU countries. Specifically, MNE affiliates account for around 20% of total...

The internationalisation of information and communication has accelerated since the 1990s in Europe and worldwide. Taking a close look at the empirical analysis of competitive trade positions, trends in foreign direct investment and the internationalisation of research and development in ICT...

This report provides a synthesis of the results of a research project on the Internationalisation of European ICT Activities. It starts by overviewing the theoretical frameworks applicable, then proceeds to evaluate available evidence based on trade, foreign direct investment and patent data....

The paper studies the internationalization of business research and development (R&D) from 2003 up to 2017. It highlights three major results: first, R&D expenditure by foreign-owned firms has been growing, but more slowly than R&D expenditure of domestically owned firms. This is mainly due to...