摘要：Research collaboration across countries is known as a promising strategy to enhance science and technology capacity. This strategy becomes more popular for researchers as it contributes to research productivity. In the context of a developing economy like Indonesia, the goal of international research collaboration is to increase the researchers' scientifc capacity. However, limited references were discussed on how international research collaboration projects could leverage innovation capacity in a developing economy. This paper aims to reveal research results to fll the literature gape, in the context of a developing economy and medical research. Several case studies consisting of eight international collaboration research projects in medical research were utilized, in which Indonesian researchers worked collaboratively with foreign researchers. The research found that the International Research Collaboration (IRC) has opened opportunities for Indonesian researchers to learn and upgrade their capability and contribute to scientifc knowledge. Collaborative medical research in requires long-term research and signifcant funding support. Based on the case studies, none of international research projects had reached the commercialization stage, but some of which were at in the beginning of the clinical trial stage. Funding is needed for clinical research to enhance innovation.
关键词：International research collaboration;Innovation capacity;Medical research;Collaboration process;Indonesia
