The Tangible Contribution of R&D Spending Foreign-Owned Plants to a Host Region: a Plant Level Study of the Irish Manufacturing Sector (1980-1996)



Table 4: The Percentage Share of National R&D Spend Accounted

__________________for by MNCs by Sector__________________

Foreign-Owned
Sector

1986

% Share of Total

BERD

1995

% Share of Total

BERD

Per Annum Real

Rate of Growth

____%____

High-tech

31%

29%

14%

Medium-high-tech

14%

13%

14%

Medium-Low-tech

3%

2%

13%

Low-tech

6%

6%

15%

Non-Manufacturing

12%

14%

17%

All Foreign Plants

66%

64%

15%

All Indigenous Plants

34%

36%

16%

All Manufacturing
__________
Plants_________

100%

100%

15%

Source: Forfas (1997)

Table 5: R&D Activities by Nationality of Ownership (1986)

Nationality of Ownership

European

USA &

Canada

Asia-Pacific

Total

Popn. Foreign Plants 1986

402

263

26

691

Number of R&D Spenders

41

50

5

96

% 1986 Cohort who are
R&D Spenders

10.20%

19.01%

19.23%

13.89%

Mean R&D Spend per
plant

219

573

142

400

Average R&D Intensity -

2.1%

6.0%

0.9%

4.0%

R&D 1986 / Sales 1986 a

(34)

(37)

(4)

(75)

Mean R&D Personnel of
each R&D plant

11

16

8

13

% 1986 Cohort with
formal R&D department

7.46%

11.40%

15.38%

9.26%

a = we are missing sales information for a number of these foreign plants. The number of plants for
which the calculation of mean R&D intensity is made is noted in brackets underneath.

Source: Calculated using data from Forfas.

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