The effects of foreign trade on R&D investments in export companies

Our project will aim to gain knowledge on the impact of the growth of international trade on technology investment (primarily for exporting companies). Effects of this growth on R&D expenditure, patents and product research, as well as R&D process organization, both inside and outside the group, will be studied. We will also include an analysis of the evolution of inequalities within companies, namely in terms of salary gaps between men and women.