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 6: R&D Activities by Nationality of Ownership (1993)

Nationality of Ownership

European

USA &

Canada

Asia-Pacific

Total

Popn. Foreign Firms 1993

373

277

36

686

Number of R&D Spenders

75

81

9

165

% 1993 Cohort who are
R&D Spenders

20.11%

29.24%

25.00%

24.05%

Mean R&D Spend per
plant b

213

978

226

590

Average R&D Intensity -

3.2%

4.7%

1.1%

3.9%

R&D 1993 / Sales 1993 a

(64)

(74)

(7)

(145)

Mean R&D Personnel of
each R&D plant

49

80

15

62

% 1993 Cohort with
formal R&D department

12.87%

17.69%

13.89%

14.87%

Source: Calculated using data from Forfas.

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. b = deflated to
1986 prices using the Consumer Price Index.

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