跨国公司研发的国际化扩张：动因、进程及区位

在国际化进程中，跨国公司及其所在的母国出于商业秘密的考虑一直把研发留在公司和母国国内进行。但近年来，跨国公司研发国际化日益成为跨国公司国际化战略的重要组成部分。研发活动由于其所具有的知识、技术以及智力密集型的特性，历来为各东道国所重视。通过梳理跨国公司研发国际化扩张的动因、进程及区位特征，试图总结出其一般规律，为各国尤其是发展中的东道国承接跨国公司研发的国际化扩张提供理论指导。

The international expansion of multinational R&D: Motivation,Process and Location

In the process of internationalization,multinationals have put the R&D in their home countries for the consideration of trade secrets. But in recent years, multinational R&D internationalization is increasingly becoming an important part of multinational international strategy. For the R&D activities are characterized by with the intensive knowledge,skills and intelligence, which makes each host country having attached importance to international expansion of multinational R&D. By combing the motives,processes,and location characteristics,the paper attempts to summarize its general rules to provide theoretical guidance by which to undertake the international expansion of multinational R&D for all host countries,especially developing countries.