What are the principal factors (use material in lectures slides PLEASE) that companies must consider in deciding on the location of their R&D facilities? What factors make a country an attractive place to conduct R&D for multinationals? Illustrate your answer using examples of countries or firms of your choice.
The individual essay is 2,000 words max. (including tables, figures and references)
Basic readings
• Kuemmerle, W. (1999) The drivers of foreign direct investment into research and development: an empirical investigation, Journal of International Business Studies, 30 (1), 1-24.
• Niosi, J. (1999) The internationalisation of R&D: from technology transfer to the learning organization, Research Policy, 28, 107-117.
• Le Bas, C. and Sierra, C. (2002) Location versus home country advantages’ in R&D activities: some further results on multinationals’ locational strategies, Research Policy, 31 (4), 589–609.
Many lectures (especially weeks 1.10-2.5) and seminars will cover material relevant for the individual essay.
Please use at least a 12-point font for your coursework, and use double spacing to enable comments to be written on your work for the purposes of feedback.
You MUST reference your sources and include a bibliography in your essay
Please reference heavily and apply relevantly the 3 basic readings i have listed above. Use a suitable firm/country to do a case study on to highlight the material covered in this course. I will be uploading my lectures slides and some readings please look through all of them and write about the material covered in the course, it will give you an idea on what to include in the essay.
Use the order calculator below and get started! Contact our live support team for any assistance or inquiry.
[order_calculator]