three important phenomena: (1) the globalization of R&D, (2) the growing importance of software and IT to firm innovation … markets. One of the distinguishing features of the R&D globalization phenomenon is its concentration within the software … IT- and software-biased shift in innovation drove US MNCs abroad, and particularly drove them abroad to "new hubs" with …

investigating in a quantitative way the main factors explaining: (i) the decision of firms to increase their R&D investment effort … activities of the company influence the decision to locate R&D in the home country. Considerations on the cost of employing …

research and development (R&D) investors worldwide organise their cross-border operations. The decision about where a company … other controls commonly used in the economic geography literature. The location decision drivers are estimated using a …

technology accumulation perspective. The author provides a theoretical alternative to accepted wisdom regarding technology …

operations -- Outward FDI by US multinationals: implications for US jobs, exports, and investment -- Globalization of R&D by US …