Managing Foreign R&D in China

Author: von Zedtwitz Maximilian   Ikeda Tadashi   Gong Li   Carpenter Richard   Hämäläinen Seppo  

Publisher: Industrial Research Institute, Inc

ISSN: 0895-6308

Source: Research-Technology Management, Vol.50, Iss.3, 2007-05, pp. : 19-27

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Abstract

China has become one of the most desired locations in which to do R&D. However, it has little innovation of its own, and intellectual property protection is weak. This raises questions: Is China R&D more hype than reality? Do cost advantages really outweigh the risk of losing technology to Chinese competitors? Lessons learned from managing R&D in China show that in order to avoid the typical pitfalls of managing R&D in a developing country, any China-based R&D must be part of an overall China strategy and must also be part of a global R&D effort.