Challenges and Trends -- Challenges of Organizing International Research & Development -- Extent of R&D Internationalization -- Foreign R&D in China -- Internal Drivers -- External Drivers -- Establishing Overlaying Structures -- Organizing Virtual R&D Teams -- Emerging Patterns -- The Market as a Challenge for R&D -- Technology Listening Posts -- Managing the International R-to-D Interface -- Transnational R&D Processes -- Information & Communication Technologies -- Directors of International R&D Labs -- Managing Knowledge and Human Resources -- Best-in-Class: The Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry -- DuPont: Gaining the Benefits of Global Networks — from the Science Base to the Market Place -- Hoffmann-La Roche: Global Differentiation between Research and Development -- Schering: Synchronized Drug Development -- Ciba: International Research Laboratories in Japan: Practical Validation of a Strategic Concept -- Kao: Localizing R&D Resources -- Best-in-Class: The Electronics, Software, and Service Industry -- Xerox: The Global Market and Technology Innovator -- Canon: R&D-Driver for Continuous Growth and Diversification -- Hewlett-Packard: Planet-Wide Patterns in the Company’s Technology Tapestry -- IBM: Using Global Networks for Virtual Development -- SAP: Global Intellectual Property Management in the Software Industry Sector -- Unisys: Localization of Software Development -- Huawei: Globalizing through Innovation -- Fujitsu: Solutions for the Ubiquitous Networking World -- Swiss Re: Global Intellectual Property Management in the Financial Services Industry -- Best-in-Class: The Electrical and Machinery Industry -- ABB: Management of Technology: Think Global, Act Local -- Daimler: Global Knowledge Sourcing and Research -- Schindler: Institutionalizing Technology Management and R&D Core Competencies -- Hitachi: Management Practices for Innovation in Global Industrial Research -- Leica Microscopy: International Transfer of R&D Activities -- MTU: Partner in International High-Tech-Cooperations -- BMW Group: Strategic Framework for Global Innovation to Enhance the Efficiency of Global R&D -- Siemens: Flying with the Dragon - Innovation in China -- Implications -- Implications for Organizing Global R&D.

What are the secrets of competitive R&D on a global scale? Based on empirical research with hundreds of R&D executives from more than 80 companies and 1000 R&D laboratories, the authors present new concepts and trends in global R&D management. Case studies from 22 best-practice companies illustrate how to put these concepts into practice. Adding new examples and management models, this third edition has been completely revised and updated incorporating emerging themes in R&D such as intellectual property management, innovation in China and India, technology listening posts, and leading R&D centers. "A wealth of data followed by thorough analysis. A must read for R&D managers and business leaders." Frans J.A.M. Greidanus, Senior Vice President, Philips Research "… a book whose rich trove of examples will inform the thinking of any manager who must think strategically about how to get the most out of R&D resources that are scattered globally. With the rise of knowledge hubs throughout the world, this third edition is especially timely." Philip Anderson, Professor, INSEAD "An insightful and thorough work on the development of global innovation that identifies key strategies and perspectives with relevant and important lessons for those venturing into the global R&D arena .... and hit the mark for those of us who have been in the middle of building this architecture." Dr. Richard Carpenter, Global R&D Director, Procter and Gamble.