Non-Western Innovation Boom: Biotech in China
China invests vast amounts of resources into research programs in order to foster basic research and applied science, in particular concerning the sponsorship of future technologies such as biotech. The budget of research insti...
The share of German small and medium-sized companies that re ...
These companies are now discovering Germany as their main production location.
India and China offer high quality and low cost research services to the EU and US (signal for outsourcing the majority of the EU R&D).
A Chinese or Indian university in worldwide top 20 universit ...
A Chinese or Indian university is ranked in the top 20 universities worldwide (currently, Peking University is ranked 50th). Weak signal for future dominance of India or China over Europe in academia.
US and EU countries decide to levy high taxes on cross border R&D collaborations. Early indicator for research isolationism. For instance, Western governments fear that China and India are gaining competitive advantages through...