... powerful and diuse most rapidly at the local and national levels.17 Overall, then, the evidence indicates that, although international technology diu-sion is an inescapable feature of globalization, ... universities and research institutes are expanding and oering a ractive research opportunities. And, importantly, many foreign countries are now oering signicant tax advantages for R&D. e ... not available18 Center for American Progress | The Corporate R&D Tax Credit and U.S. Innovation and CompetitivenessTable 3 also shows that the share of business R&D investment as a percentage...