The emergence of China and India as new innovation power houses – threat or opportunity?

The report aims at understanding the changes in the global geography of innovation and to discuss the challenges and opportunities that emerge from the changing global innovation landscape. In particular China and India are studied as they are the two new and leading innovation powerhouses. Sweden is particularly sensitive to changes in the global geography of innovation due to its high degree of internationalization. Sweden is ranked at No.1 in outward R&D investments of European firms. Furthermore, Sweden is the European country with the highest percentage of innovative firms that collaborate with China and India for innovation.

We aim at understanding the changes in the global geography of innovation and to discuss the challenges and opportunities that emerge from the changing global innovation landscape. In particular, our focus is on two countries China and India as they are the two new and leading innovation powerhouses. They are emerging among the main destinations for R&D-related offshoring investments worldwide, and as well as important partners in R&D collaboration projects for both large and small firms.