NCUB’s ‘Attracting International Investment in R&D’ project is intended to improve understanding of the factors that attract international investment into R&D in the UK.
This report includes a brief description of the policy context in the UK for a strategy to attract FDI into R&D, an evidence review on the recent literature on the location of FDI in R&D by Professor Nigel Driffield (Warwick Business School, Warwick University), Dr Katiuscia Lavoratori (Henley Business School, University of Reading) and Dr Xiaocan Yuan (Warwick Business School, Warwick University), a summary of the results of the OCO evidence commission and finally, observations on the work and next steps.