NCUB’s ‘Attracting International Investment in R&D’ project is intended to improve understanding of the factors that attract international investment into R&D in the UK.

This report includes a brief description of the policy context in the UK  for a strategy to attract FDI into R&D, an evidence review on the recent literature on the location of FDI in R&D by Professor  Nigel Driffield (Warwick Business School, Warwick University), Dr Katiuscia Lavoratori (Henley Business School, University  of Reading) and Dr Xiaocan Yuan (Warwick Business School, Warwick University), a summary of the results of the OCO  evidence commission and finally, observations on the work and next steps.

To read the additional supporting evidence reports here and here.