From rob@essential.org  Thu Oct 27 18:21:01 2005
From: rob@essential.org (robert weissman)
Date: Thu Oct 27 17:21:01 2005
Subject: [Bellagio-rnd] Internationalization of R&D; WIR
Message-ID: <435806DE.2090502@essential.org>

UNCTAD's 2005 annual World Investment Report is focused on
"transnational corporations and the internationalization of R&D"

http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=3D6087&intItemID=3D2068&=
lang=3D1&mode=3Dhighlights

Part Two assesses the implications of the recent surge in R&D
internationalization by TNCs. R&D activities at growing levels of
complexity are increasingly being established in selected developing
countries. In contrast to past experience, this R&D often goes beyond
local market adaptation and involves highly complex activities targeted
on global markets. The Report discusses the driving forces behind this
trend and considers how host as well as home countries are affected.
Finally, the Report analyses the need for active government policies to
enhance development benefits from TNCs=B4 internationalization of R&D. The
Report underlines the importance of coherent policies in order to create
an environment conducive to fruitful interaction between the R&D
activities of TNCs and those of domestic firms and institutions. A final
chapter outlines the role of international agreements in this area.