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• Impact Factor:5.4
• DOI number:10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103027
• Journal:Applied Geography
• Key Words:cross-border R&D investment; geographical pattern; network structure; influential factors; globalization
• Abstract:As one of the manifestations of economic globalization, cross-border research and development (R & D) investment of multinational enterprises (MNEs) has become an important way for innovation resources to flow in the world and constitute a worldwide R & D network. The country's position within the network has undergone a gradual evolution, but fewer studies have concentrated on the alterations to the network structure they have brought about and the factors affecting them. Our study of global cross-border R & D investment sheds light on the interactions of the global network within its singular context of country-level determinants, its internal network structure and geographical patterns. The findings suggest that global cross-border R & D investment has formed a stable geographical distribution pattern, and a complete but heterogeneous network structure, including a hierarchical structure and a core-periphery structure, while country features such as technological strength, skill levels, market potential, and economic development not only set the pace of cross-border R & D investment, but that they also influence both the network structure and the power positions of each node. Implications are discussed.
• Note:扬州大学人文社会科学二级权威期刊
• First Author:Li Tingzhu
• Indexed by:Resource Article
• Correspondence Author:Du Debin
• Document Code:103027
• Discipline:Natural Science
• First-Level Discipline:Geography
• Document Type:Journal
• Volume:158
• ISSN No.:0143-6228
• Translation or Not:no
• Date of Publication:2023-07-03
• Included Journals:SSCI