Foreign Participation in U.S. Research and Development

Foreign Participation in U.S. Research and Development

Asset or Liability?

  • Auteur: Schriesheim, Alan; Reid, Proctor P.
  • Éditeur: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309050951
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309521543
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309176422
  • Lieu de publication:  United States
  • Année de publication électronique: 1996
  • Mois : Juin
  • Pages: 205
  • Langue: Anglais

During the past decade, foreign participation in U.S. research and development—through acquisition of R&D-intensive businesses, links with universities, and other arrangements—has expanded rapidly.

This emergence of foreign influence has drawn a mixed response—some regard the trend as a positive corollary to the expanding involvement of U.S.-owned companies in national markets abroad. Others consider it a net liability for Americans that often benefits foreign companies and their home economies at U.S. expense.

There exists a large gap in expert and public understanding of the drivers, nature, and consequences of foreign participation in the nation's technology enterprise. This volume seeks to close this gap and reviews:

  • The nature of R&D activities and how they contribute to economic development.
  • The causes, scope, and nature of foreign involvement in U.S.-based R&D activity and the associated costs, risks, benefits, and opportunities of this trend.
  • The merits and liabilities of policies to regulate foreign R&D participation.
  • Front Matter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Contribution of R&D to U.S. Economic Development
  • 3 Foreign Participation in Privately Funded U.S. R&D
  • 4 Foreign Participation in Publicly Funded U.S. R&D
  • 5 Findings and Recommendations
  • References
  • Committee and Staff Biographies
  • Agenda
  • Participants
  • Index

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