This paper provides an overview of research issues related to the effects of the growing migration of highly skilled workers on the world economy and economic policy, with special reference to the students mobility. The brain drain phenomenon from developing countries has been lamented for many...

FuE-Verlagerungen ins Ausland sind noch kein Phänomen, das die Breite des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland erreicht hat. Lediglich 3,6 Prozent der forschenden Betriebe haben von Mitte 2004 bis Mitte 2006 Teile ihrer FuE-Tätigkeiten ins Ausland verlagert. Allerdings war hier bereits jeder...

The aim of the paper is, firstly, to identify a number of strategies Swiss firms pursue by performing foreign R&D, expecting that firms, in many instances, are driven by a combination of several motives (mixed strategies). Secondly, we ask whether foreign and domestic R&D are substitutes or...