Funding sources and the strategic roles of decentralised R&D inmultinationals
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Papanastassiou, M. and Pearce, R. 2005. Funding sources and the strategic roles of decentralised R&D inmultinationals. R&D Management. 35 (1), pp. 89-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2005.00374.x
Type | Article |
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Title | Funding sources and the strategic roles of decentralised R&D inmultinationals |
Authors | Papanastassiou, M. and Pearce, R. |
Abstract | This paper analyses the sources of funding accessed by laboratories of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the UK. The five separate sources of funding are systematically related to four different roles that such labs are seen to play. The results confirm the view that decentralised R&D in MNEs now plays significant and carefully defined roles in the technological and competitive evolution of these enterprises. The strong position of central group funds is seen to reflect two trends in the status of decentralised labs. Firstly, to support their willingness to activate strong local scientific inputs for longer-term and speculative |
Research Group | International Business group |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing |
Journal | R&D Management |
ISSN | 0033-6807 |
Publication dates | |
Jan 2005 | |
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Deposited | 15 Oct 2013 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2005.00374.x |
Language | English |
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