INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CORPORATE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERING - AN EMPIRICAL-INVESTIGATION

This paper explores some trends in the internationalization of corpora te R & D efforts, innovation output and strategic technology partnerin g in the past decade. Inter-firm strategic technology partnering, thro ugh which companies share their innovation efforts, supplements the st andard indicators of technological competence to broaden the scope fro m internal innovation processes to a wider range of innovative activit ies. The international information technology industry is singled out for empirical study. The main conclusion of this contribution is that, even in a 'global' industry such as information technology, internati onalization of innovation, although by no means insignificant, appears less important than expected.