Project Background

The measurable share of international technology transfer i.e. trade with patents, licenses and technical know-how has been dominated by multinational companies for years, as also R&D internationalization i.e. setting up of own R&D laboratories abroad. In recent years, the internationalization trend has accelerated as a result of the greater speeds at which information technologies are being disseminated, making it easier for multinational firms to organize their research activities into transnational networks. Hence a study was made to find out the internationalisation patterns in Science and Technology, especially in the R&D sector among APEC economies.

This project, DataBase on R&D Internationalization in the Industrial sector among APEC member Economies, was endorsed at the 17^th APEC/IST-WG meeting in August 99. Japan is the sponsoring economy for this study. Other three co-sponsoring economies are Korea, Russia and Thailand.

This project aims at developing a database for R&D Internationalization among APEC economies. This WEB database enables us to access R&D institutions (including universities) among APEC region easily. It is available as Internet homepages, CD-ROMs and publications. It helps companies in other countries to know more about internationalization in the APEC region. The database is a follow up project of the earlier APEC survey project: ‘Study on R&D Internationalization in Industrial sector among APEC member Economies’, completed in August 1999.

Scope

The following twenty one APEC economies are included in this study:
Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.

The main features are:

• Comprehensive information on 21 APEC economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.
• Directory services - exhaustive list of S&T organizations in the 21 APEC economies
• Original views of member authorities of APEC economies, researchers and industry R&D personnel
• Data from Industrial sector is included
• Classification of information based on various topics and economies
• Relationship (comparison) between different sources of information
• Extensive bibliography
• Search/query methods
• Navigation mechanisms to manage information
• Facilitate publishing on the web
• Facilities for electronic surveys
• Linking with various web sites
• Counters and other mechanisms to find out about users and their profiles
• Database will be an electronic book, Live book, continuously updated using live internet links and information availability
• Door or entry to other materials available in the web
• On line help facility
• Accessible anywhere and any time, 24- hour information source.
• One point information center (WEB data base)