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Coopérations internationales en R&D : les effets de la distance sur le choix du pays des partenaires

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  • Katia Angué
  • Ulrike Mayrhofer

    (Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon)

Abstract

The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of the initial context of companies on their propensity to cooperate and on the characteristics of partner companies that they con-sider to be important. More specifically, the authors attempt to measure the influence of dif-ferent dimensions of distance (cultural, administrative, geographic, economic and technological) on the choice of the country of partners of international R&D cooperation. Based on the contribution of the literature on international business and the framework pro-posed by Ghemawat (2001), this article develops several hypotheses concerning the effects of distance, analysed by five different dimensions. These hypotheses are tested on a sample of 1.502 international agreements concluded by European companies of the biotechnology in-dustry. The findings of the empirical study show that distance influences the choice of the country of partners, but that the impact varies according to the dimension analysed and to the context of the agreement. In particular, they reveal that administrative, geographic, economic and technological distance plays an essential role, whereas cultural distance does not have a significant influence on the choice of the country of partners, at least in the biotechnology industry and when projects are subsidised.

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  • Katia Angué & Ulrike Mayrhofer, 2010. "Coopérations internationales en R&D : les effets de la distance sur le choix du pays des partenaires," Post-Print halshs-00684465, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00684465
    DOI: 10.3917/mana.131.0002
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    1. Josée St-Pierre & Martine Boutary & Tinasoa Razafindrazaka & Marie-Christine Monnoyer, 2017. "Économies en developpement et internationalisation des PME : le cas de Madagascar," Post-Print hal-01703465, HAL.
    2. Martine Boutary & Mohamed Nabil El Mabrouki & Caroline Minialai & Marie-Christine Longe Monnoyer, 2014. "Quand les PME du Sud s'internationalisent : faut-il revisiter le modèle d'Uppsala ?," Post-Print hal-02548770, HAL.
    3. Ibtissem Hamouda & Damien Talbot, 2018. "Contenu et effets de la proximité institutionnelle : un cas d’enfermement dans l’industrie aéronautique," Post-Print hal-02329612, HAL.
    4. Stephane CALLENS & Sofiane CHERFI, 2015. "THE INTENSIVE EXCHANGES FLOWS. About a “New Regionalism: OBOR («One Belt, One Road»)," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 9(1), pages 496-505, November.

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