Multinational R & D Globalization Trends And Implications For China Studies

Since the eighties of the 20th century, because of the aggravation of global competition , the development of market and production globalization, the rise of the knowledge economy and the progress of the information technology, The competition between enterprises trended towards globalization and fiercely more and more, which impelled more and more Multinational Corporations to implement globalization strategy in the research and development (R&D ), in order to foster and keep the lasting international competitiveness.By analyzing various kinds of documents of the past ten years and the overseas investment of the research and develop organization nowadays, the article have analyzed the new characteristic of the R&D organization overseas and the opportunities and challenges that the R&D organization bring to our country. Combining the current situation of the enterprises of our country set up transnational R&D organization, the article proposed some measures from two angles of governments and enterprises. Finally the article analyzed the R&D organization set in China of Multinational Corporations Motorola in Communication Trade, it analyzed its successful experience, striving to provide some references for drawing the development tactics of the enterprises in our country .The article is composed of five chapters altogether, Chapter One summarized the domestic and international R&D globalization theories and documents of Multinational Corporations , analyzed the reasons that caused the Multinational Corporations R&D globalization: the influence of the development of economic globalization , information technology , international competition factor , and the influence of remedying one's own " strategic gaps " , evading the risk , fully utilizing one's own resources .Chapter Two analyzed various kinds of documents of the past ten years and the overseas investment of the research and develop organization nowadays, proposed new characteristics of the R&D organization. Forexample, the expansion of the Multinational Corporations R&D globalization strategy is strengthening constantly, more and more overseas R&D organizations are established, R&D strategic alliances are set up, overseas investment in R&D organization are highly concentrated on some trades; Chapter Three studied the characteristics of Multinational Corporations setting up R&D organization in China and the challenges and opportunities brought to China in R&D globalization. In Chapter Four, the article analyzed the current situations of Chinese enterprises in R&D globalization, offered some suggestions that China should be adopted in the globalization tide of R&D: as for government , laws and regulations should be perfected , more efforts should be devoted to reforming, optimizing the scientific research environment by taking the corresponding policies and measures; As regards enterprises , they should strengthen the technological exchange and cooperation with the Multinational Corporations, make great efforts to improve one's own R&D level ,etc. In the last chapter, the article analyzed the R&D organization of Motorola in the communication trade in China, summarized the development course and the situations nowadays of Motorola in China, and finally analyzed Motorola's strategies which lead to the R&D organization's successful development in China.