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The Internationalization of Corporate R&D

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THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CORPORATE R&DFigure 10-4 R&D activities in China by Swedish-owned or Swedish-related multinationalcompanies.CompanyR&D Centers,(place and year <strong>of</strong>establishment)Type <strong>of</strong> R&DActivitiesNumber <strong>of</strong>Employeeswithin R&D*Other Activitiesin ChinaCommentsABB Beijing (2005),branch in Shanghai(2005)Global R&Dcenter(one <strong>of</strong> ten inthe world)20–50 Manufacturing,salesChina the thirdlargest market.Total <strong>of</strong>approx. 8,000employees inChinaAstraZenecaShanghai (2002)Clinical researchinstitute (EastAsia Clinical ResearchInstitute)About 100Manufacturing,salesBiggest internationalcompanyin China withinprescriptionmedicines.Growth <strong>of</strong>approx. 30percent per yearin China.A total <strong>of</strong>Approx. 1,800employees inChina.Cooperation withShanghaiJiaotong Universityand others.Electrolux Shenzhen (2003)Shanghai (2004)Changsha (2004)HangzhouElectronic developmentcenter, globaldesign center,some productdevelopment forthe world market(fridge-freezers,hot goods)About 50Manufacturing,salesTotal <strong>of</strong>approx. 2,000employees inChinaEricsson Shanghai (1997)Beijing (1999)Chengdu (2004)Dalian (2005)Qingdao (2004)Guangzhou (2005)Nanjing (2005)About 800(approx. 20percent <strong>of</strong> thetotal number <strong>of</strong>employees inChina)Seven R&Dcenters,some R&D forthe world marketManufacturing,salesChina is its secondlargest market.<strong>The</strong> leadingsupplier on theChinese mobilemarket.SonyEricssonBeijing (2002)Global R&Dcenter (one <strong>of</strong>four in theworld)About 100Manufacturing,salesChina is theworld’s largestmobile telephonemarket.IKEAShanghai(planned)Global designcenterPurchasing,salesChina is its largestpurchasingsource (18percent)248

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