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Forschung und Entwicklung deutscher Unternehmen im Ausland

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  • Belitz, Heike
  • Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens
  • Zloczysti, Petra

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Nach der Jahrtausendwende ist die Internationalisierung von Produktion und FuE in multinationalen Unternehmen nicht nur in Deutschland weitgehend zum Stillstand gekommen. Die FuE-Aufwendungen dieser Unternehmen im Ausland sind nicht mehr, wie noch in der zweiten Hälfte der 90er Jahre, schneller gestiegen als im Heimatland. Nach 2005 gab es zunächst Anzeichen für eine Wiederbelebung der Direktinvestitionstätigkeit im Ausland führender Industrieländer und in der Folge auch der Internationalisierung von FuE. Im Zuge der weltweiten Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise ist die Internationalisierung der Produktion jedoch im Jahr 2008 wiederum gestoppt worden. Anhand von Informationen über die räumliche Verteilung und technologische Orientierung der FuE-Aktivitäten multinationaler Unternehmen aus den Patentanmeldungen am Europäischen Patentamt (EPO) einschließlich der PCT-Anmeldungen im Zeitraum 1990 bis 2005 wurde untersucht, ob die Internationalisierung von FuE in deutschen Unternehmen Hinweise auf Schwächen des Forschungsstandorts Deutschland in dynamischen Technologiefeldern gibt.

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  • Belitz, Heike & Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens & Zloczysti, Petra, 2009. "Forschung und Entwicklung deutscher Unternehmen im Ausland," Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem 9-2009, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI) - Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Berlin.
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    1. Heike Belitz, 1996. "Internationalisierung von Forschung und Entwicklung in multinationalen Unternehmen," DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 63(16), pages 258-266.
    2. Belitz, Heike, 2011. "Globalisierung von Forschung und Entwicklung in deutschen Unternehmen im internationalen Vergleich," Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem 6-2011, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI) - Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Berlin.
    3. EFI - Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (ed.), 2009. "Research, innovation and technological performance in Germany - EFI Report 2009," Reports on Research, Innovation and Technological Performance in Germany, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI) - Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Berlin, volume 127, number 2009e, September.

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