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Here or There? A Survey of Factors in Multinational R&D Location -- Report to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (2006) / Chapter Skim
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Location of Recent or Planned R&D Sites
Pages 15-20

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... Location of Recent or Planned R&D Sites A major goal of the survey was to determine the relative importance of factors in deciding where to place R&D facilities and how the impor tance of these factors depends on whether facilities are inside or outside the home country. To minimize noise in the data, the survey did not pose questions about respondents' general perceptions of the pros and cons of locating R&D facilities in the home country versus possible locations elsewhere.1 Rather, respondents were asked if they could think of an R&D facility outside the home country that was either recently established or is in a planning phase.
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... Note that only four firms responding TABLE 1 Location of Recent or Planned Facilities Part A Number and Destination of Facilities Outside the Home Country Destination United Western Row Home Country States Europe China India Other Total United States 0 19 30 9 13 71 Western Europe 14 10 23 9 12 68 Other 0 0 2 0 2 4 Column Total 14 29 55 18 27 143 Part B
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... There is a mix across U.S. and Western European firms and a mix of sites in developed economies and in developing or emerging economies.
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... Figure 5 gives the relative frequency distribution for inside and outside sites. There is not a statistically significant difference between sites that are inside and sites that are outside the home country.
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... Statistical Tests for Figure 6 (5-percent level) : Emerging economies Developed economies Home NeedsProd=SupResUniv Expand=NeedsProd NeedsProd= SupResUniv= SupResFirm= Relocate SupResFirm=Relocate NeedsProd=SupResUniv=SupResFirm SupResFirm=Relocate=Acquire SupResFirm=Acquire=SupResUniv
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