Internationalization of Research and Development
Published on 5. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 149 pages
978-3-642-63802-2 (ISBN)
Description
Research and development is no longer a headquarters function. More and more companies internationalize their R&D activities. The pros and cons of this approach are discussed in this book. The organizational alternatives for international R&D as well as the consequences that they have for decision making and performing R&D are also of great interest. Furthermore, measuring success of international R&D is a very difficult problem that is not yet fully understood. However, suggestions are made to improve present day practise. They are based on a large body of empirical research and management literature.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
X, 149 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-63802-2 (9783642638022)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-58959-1
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Internationalization of Research and Development
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Internationalization of Research and Development
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Content
1. Introduction and overview.- 2. Multiple locations for R&D.- 3. Particular aspects of internationalization.- 3.1 Universal success factors of innovation.- 3.2 Higher variances between countries than within one country.- 3.3 Benefits and costs of international R&D.- 4. Starting foreign R&D operations.- 4.1 Starting by cooperating on projects.- 4.2 Starting by establishing an R&D unit.- 4.3 Process steps.- 5. Task assignments to foreign R&D laboratories.- 5.1 Static classifications.- 5.2 Views on dynamics.- 5.3 Locus of coordination and locus of performance.- 6. Coordinating internationally dispersed R&D laboratories.- 6.1 Interface management.- 6.2 Communication technologies.- 7. Measures of success.- 7.1 Multiple perspectives.- 7.2 First results.- 7.3 Differentiated success evaluation.- 8. Summary and conclusions.- Literature.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.