| With the development of economy, science and technology globalization, the Transnational Corporations (TNCS) showed a tendency of R&D globalization to adapt the intense worldwide competition. And the TNCS' R&D investment in developing countries has increased year by year. As a result of investment environment improvement and laws consummation in China, R&D investment of TNCS in China got great development. The most noticeable point is TNCS' strengthening R&D collaboration with famous universities in China, which is the focus issue of this paper.From the height of strategic intent, this paper analyses the R&D collaboration between TNCS and our universities and also elaborates that TNCS use the operational modes which are gradually evolved to achieve the strategic intent. This comprehensive understanding of the development of TNCS' R&D activities with our universities is very important for Chinese enterprises to strengthen the ability of R&D by learning from the TNCS' experiences.This paper uses the combination methods of theoretical analysis and case analysis. It elaborates the R&D globalization tendency and its characteristics. And this paper also elaborates the phases, characteristics and investment patterns of TNCS'R&D activities in China. At present, R&D collaboration between TNCS and our universities is being in the fast development. And the cooperation presents the multiplicity and the flexibility. According to the main body of R&D, the activities of R&D cooperation can be roughly differentiated into three modes: the bailment contract mode, the union R&D mode and the joint R&D center mode. In analyzing the R&D collaboration, this paper uses the case analysis method to elaborate the R&D activities between IBM Corporation and our universities. Then this paper selects the cooperation intensity, R&D modes and intent of TNCS as variables to establish an operation model. Finally, the model is applied to Texas Instruments, Motorola and SMC Corporation. |
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