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At this page you will find reports about our Research Project Global Innovation (RPGI) appearing in International media. To find reports appearing in German-language media, please click on "Switch to German".

Information about the Project Global Innovation of TU Hamburg-Harburg
GIRT.de: Press release of Research Project Global Innovation (RPGI) at the website of German-Indian Round Table. [more]

Hamburg-based Study to investigate chances & challenges of 'offshoring' R&D to India
OpenPR.com: One of the most prominent features of globalization has come to be known as Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), whereby firms outsource their routine, standardized activities to an outside firm that usually enjoys cost advantages e.g. on account of specialization and/or location. A logical extension of this trend has resulted in Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), whereby knowledge-intensive research & development work (R&D) is outsourced either to an outside firm or an offshore-subsidiary. Primary motives of KPO are thought to be availability of highly-skilled, cheaper human capital, location of industry-specific clusters and/or the incentive to develop products designed to suit the specific needs of a target market, physically and culturally distant from the home market of a firm... (12.01.2007) [more]

TU Hamburg-Harburg launches research project 'Global Innovation' to investigate internationalization of R&D
OpenPR.com: The Institute of Technology & Innovation Management (TIM) at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) has launched a research project named 'Global Innovation' to investigate issues related to internationalization of innovation, particularly R&D. A primary aim of the project is to observe, analyze and forecast developments in the field of globalization of innovations. It also aims to provide decision-makers from selected industry sectors with useful instruments while deciding on whether or not to internationalize their innovation / R&D activities and to which locations. (11.01.2007) [more]