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Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan

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Differences <strong>in</strong> the Internationalization <strong>of</strong> Industrial R&D <strong>in</strong> the Triad 301<br />

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License <strong>of</strong> technology from different world regions<br />

Europe <strong>Japan</strong> N-America<br />

North America<br />

Lat<strong>in</strong> America<br />

Western Europe<br />

Eastern Europe<br />

<strong>Japan</strong><br />

Asia / Pacific<br />

none<br />

Jo<strong>in</strong>t technology development with companies from different world regions<br />

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80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

Europe <strong>Japan</strong> N-America<br />

North America<br />

Lat<strong>in</strong> America<br />

Western Europe<br />

Eastern Europe<br />

<strong>Japan</strong><br />

Asia / Pacific<br />

none<br />

Acquisition <strong>of</strong> technology through acquisition <strong>of</strong> companies from different world regions<br />

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80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

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80<br />

60<br />

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0<br />

Europe <strong>Japan</strong> N-America<br />

Activities <strong>in</strong> our own labs <strong>in</strong> different world regions<br />

Europe <strong>Japan</strong> N-America<br />

North America<br />

Lat<strong>in</strong> America<br />

Western Europe<br />

Eastern Europe<br />

<strong>Japan</strong><br />

Asia / Pacific<br />

none<br />

North America<br />

Lat<strong>in</strong> America<br />

Western Europe<br />

Eastern Europe<br />

<strong>Japan</strong><br />

Asia / Pacific<br />

none<br />

Fig. 9. The use <strong>of</strong> four different <strong>in</strong>struments to <strong>in</strong>ternationalize R&D activities<br />

Motives for R&D Internationalization<br />

To underst<strong>and</strong> the nature <strong>of</strong> R&D <strong>in</strong>ternationalization, one has to look at the motives<br />

driv<strong>in</strong>g it. N<strong>in</strong>e possible motives were given <strong>in</strong> the survey <strong>and</strong> the most important<br />

observation might be that there is no s<strong>in</strong>gle dom<strong>in</strong>ant reason. Still, there<br />

are some differences. In order <strong>of</strong> decreas<strong>in</strong>g importance, the analysis <strong>of</strong> the sample<br />

as a whole shows the results <strong>in</strong> Fig. 10.

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