Thursby, Jerry, Thursby, Marie. "Executive Summary." Here or There? A Survey of Factors in Multinational R&D Location -- Report to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006.
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Here or There? A Survey of Factors in Multinational R&D Location
said the R&D facility under discussion was part of an expansion in R&D. Less than 30 percent of the sites were characterized as relocation. In addition, there was more relocation within the home country than toward other countries.1
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Note that these results cover only the facilities discussed. If facilities not discussed had different characteristics and constituted a high proportion of the total for the sample companies, this would alter the results.
