The effect of U.K. incentives on R&D activities in U.S.-owned electronics companies in Scotland |
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| Authors: | Peter Haug Robert E Pizzi |
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| Institution: | Mackenzie Hall, DJ-10, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195, U.S.A.;Department of Management, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The British Government provides numerous financial assistance programmes to assist electronics companies in funding investment projects, R&D activities, and applications of new technology. Interviews were conducted at fifteen U.S. electronics subsidiaries in Scotland to determine the effect of these government incentives in promoting technology and innovation. Results indicate that capital investment grants were widely used, but that financial aid schemes to encourage R&D and the adoption of advanced technology have no bearing on technical characteristics and decisions at the affiliates. |
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