This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of …, learning regions and regional innovation systems …

A conceptual framework is proposed for analyzing how differences in national R&D stocks can impact on a firm's decision …-reducing process innovation in an international model of duopoly. Each firm's technological efficiency depends not only on its … decision to localize R&D activities abroad. The interrelation between this decision and initial production costs is also …

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 …

The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: "Globalization and Corporate R&D" forthcoming …