TY - JOUR TI - The importance of transnational corporations in research and development activities in the world AU - Chechelski, Piotr TI - The importance of transnational corporations in research and development activities in the world AB - The study attempts to assess the importance of transnational corporations (TNCs) regarding the research and development (R&D) activities in the contemporary world economy. The scale of this phenomenon can be proved by the comparison of the R&D expenditure of the largest corporations with the expenditure of the leading countries in this field and the analysis of the ranking of TNCs with the highest expenditure on research and development and ranking of the most innovative corporations. The study indicates the causes of changes in R&D expenditure among the largest transnational corporations in the world and attributes of the most innovative ones. VL - Tom 3 IS - Numer 2 (2017) PY - 2017 C1 - 2450-114X SP - 66 EP - 75 DO - 10.4467/2450114XJJM.17.005.7735 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/jagiellonian-journal-of-management/artykul/the-importance-of-transnational-corporations-in-research-and-development-activities-in-the-world KW - transnational corporations KW - countries KW - R&D expenditure KW - reasons for changes in R&D expenditure in TNCs