Science Research Management ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (2): 59-66 .

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On R&D location deduction and determinants of multinational corporations in China ——Based on perspective of R&D function evolution

Li Yi1,2, Shi Xiumei1, Zhou Yanhua1,Z hang Kai1   

  1. (1. School of Business, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081, China;
    2.Department of Economics, Qinghai University for Nationalities,Xining 810007, China)
  • Received:2009-04-28 Revised:2009-10-29 Online:2011-02-28 Published:2011-02-28

Abstract: Abstract: The R&D location selection of multinational corporations in China has always been a hot topic. Many scholars have analyzed the R&D location selection determinants of multinational corporations in China using the empirical analysis. The R&D investment in China is divided into three stages in this study. Supported by the R&D system and function of the multinational corporations, the laws of the evolution of R&D location decision and the determinants’ changes are summed up. And the conclusion that the location decision determinants of multinational corporations in China have been increasingly complex with the evolution of R&D system and R&D function is drawn. With the different R&D system and R&D function, the importance of economic, technological, and environmental factors is also different.

Key words: multinational corporations, R&D, determinant, R&D function

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