Based on empirical research from over 240 interviews, the authors present new concepts and trends in global R&D management. Case studies from 18 best-practice companies give detailed answers to the most pressing challenges for mastering international innovation.

I. Challenges and Trends.- 1. Challenges of Organizing International Research & Development.- 2. Trends and Drivers in R&D Location.- 3. Organizational Concepts: Towards the Integrated R&D Network.- 4. Establishing Overlaying Structures.- 5. Organizing Virtual R&D Teams: Towards a Contingency Approach.- II. Emerging Patterns.- 1. The Market as a Challenge for R&D.- 2. Managing the International R-to-D Interface.- 3. Transnational R&D Processes.- 4. New Information and Communication Technology as an Enabler for Dispersed R&D Projects.- 5. Managing Knowledge and Human Resources.- III. Best-in-Class: The Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Food Industry.- 1. DuPont Gaining the Benefits of Global Networks - from the Science Base to the Market Place.- 2. Roche Global Differentiation between R and D.- 3. Schering Synchronised Drug Development.- 4. Ciba International Research Laboratories in Japan: Practical Validation of a Strategic Concept.- 5. Nestlé Interaction of R&D and Intelligence Management.- 6. Kao Localizing R&D Resources.- IV. Best-in-Class: The Electronics and Software Industry.- 1. Xerox The Global Market and Technology Innovator.- 2. Canon R&D as the Motivating Force for Continuous Growth and Diversification.- 3. Hewlett-Packard Planet-Wide Patterns in the Company's Technology Tapestry.- 4. IBM Using Global Networks for Virtual Development.- 5. SAP International Project Management.- 6. Unisys Localization of Software Development.- V. Best-in-Class: The Electrical and Machinery Industry.- 1. ABB Management of Technology: Think Global, Act Local.- 2. Daimler-Benz Global Knowledge Sourcing and Research.- 3. Schindler Institutionalizing Technology Management and R&D Core Competencies.- 4. Hitachi Management Practices for Innovation in Global Industrial Research.- 5.Leica Microscopy International Transfer of R&D Activities.- 6. MTU Partner in International High-Tech-Cooperations.- VI. Implications for Organizing Global R&D.- Index of Companies.- Authors and Contributors.