Nickname: vivek

Review: Most Europeans the French and the Germans have a general superiority about themselves and that is one reason they have not been able to leverage the huge talent available in India and china . These companies are terribly short of talent in there own countries and can benefit enormously with the right attitude Long ago I have worked with pone of the biggest German companies and was fore to do many field modification to the product to make it reliable enough to be used in tuff Indian conditions the company never acknowledged the contribution despite the fact that on more then 5 occasions later they were forced to carry out the same modifications to there global install base Whit such mindset it is very unlikely that they will ever accept product designed from scratch in India or China at par with those in Germany

Date reviewed: Mar 23, 2008 5:37 PM

Nickname: hyang

Review: This phenomenon is normal. The chief motivation for companies to found new R&D centers (especially in China and India) is to meet local demand and tap into deep pools of intellectual talent. It should be regarded as something secondary how to integrate their affiliates into global networks, given that meeting meeting local citizens' demands has proven difficult. And what is more, both China and India are enormous markets, so multinational companies will be amply rewarded if they carry on research based on local circumstances appropriately. That is the source of profits. Can't these big profits serve as a contribution to their global networks?

Date reviewed: May 25, 2006 4:37 PM

Nickname: nanheyangrouchuan

Review: Here's another reason for holding back on China R&D. Ford, Toyota, GM, Mercedes and VW/Audi have had considerable tech concepts stolen from their R&D labs in China by their JV partners and by opportunistic, nationalistic local engineers and scientists. The Chinese legal system only pays lip service to cracking down on piracy but the truth is that China benefits greatly by these blatant WTO violations. I've heard piracy is on the rise in India as well, but as China is a strategic competitor it is not the location to promote increases in Western R&D.

Date reviewed: May 17, 2006 11:21 PM

Nickname: Easygoing2006

Review: There have been growing complaints in China as regards the uneven spread of R&D funds among the universities. If I remember correctly, as much as 20% of the funds have been allocated to Beijing University and Tsinghua University. Many MNCs have also established R&D partnership with these two universities to the exclusion of the lesser known universities. I believe that the MNCs should also tap the talents available in other universities. The Beijing University and Tsinghua University are not the universities with all the bright students in China.

Date reviewed: May 16, 2006 10:59 AM

Nickname: deejoshy

Review: This is just a new form of slave labor. Let's stop being so nice about it. The captains of American Industry abandoned American ideals years ago. Shame on us.

Date reviewed: May 16, 2006 1:00 AM

Nickname: nole361

Review: There is no question that there is immense talent in India and china. I feel that growing technology off-shore should be on the lines of 1. Innovation and 2. developing local content. There is immense opportunity to tap in there. Off shoring existing projects is quite inefficient unless a good colaborative work process is in place.

Date reviewed: May 15, 2006 7:09 PM

Nickname: Dr. Dundee

Review: Global R&D is the order of the day and having worked with top notch talent in Bangalore and Hyderabad, I can vouch for the fact that Indian talent is the best thing to happen for America. Where else in the world can you have a partner bigger than Europe and with a strong traditions of freedom and democracy. India should be a major destination for US business in the years to come.

Date reviewed: May 14, 2006 9:44 PM

Nickname: Global_American

Review: Toto, you have to realize that nobody has a monopoly on any language. Learn as many accents as possible to increase your own employability! JIMB: Stop living in a dream world. Engineers overseas are powering the American dream and empowering the American economy. Wake up and join the party!

Date reviewed: May 14, 2006 9:36 PM

Nickname: U1

Review: This is a familiar and true story for an insider. This R&D got widened to include maintaining, testing and supporting the product, not really articulation and creation. The facts as I know are that India has talent-- global corporations need that for their competitiveness. But the problem starts with the rush to please their investors. Then they send their mediocre staff to lead, which breeds mediocrity. As the American saying goes, "If you hire Pygmies, they in turn hire smaller Pygmies," and then they always have a legitimate excuse for falling flat: "complex task." Since it is hogwash, even headquarters does not put real objectives and measures on the "India leadership." Having said this, the good news is that the dream is real and it can be done and a few have done it well. All that requires is a competent leadership in India that can find talent, lead purpose, people, process, and integrate the global teams on a genuine common purpose.

Date reviewed: May 12, 2006 10:48 AM

Nickname: vinay

Review: i think much of the global product development depends on the economic situation of an individual country.In the case of China, it provides a huge market for the MNCs. Meanwhile, India is still in its infancy as it cannot absorb the products and systems that support its economy. Rather, India is serving as a backoffice center for catering to the technical needs of mnc's, except companies like IBM, Texas Instruments, and Seimens. Not much has been achieved in integrating global product development. If there is a 50-50 balance through economic development in China and India it can truly help domestic as well as international companies in achieving product development integration and creating systems to achieve this target.

Date reviewed: May 12, 2006 6:19 AM