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Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2014, 2, 283-287 Published Online April 2014 in SciRes. /journal/jss /10.4236/jss.2014.24031 Globalization of Science and Technology through Research and Development Aqueil Ahmad School of Management, Walden University, Minneapolis, USA Email: Aqueil.Ahmad@ Received 18 February 2014; revised 23 March 2014; accepted 31 March 2014 Copyright © 2014 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). /licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract Globalization of science and technology is an integral aspect of globalization per se. The main en- gine of globalization is assumed to be the global economy propelled by global trade and technolo- gy transfers, the latter as aspects of globalization of science and technology. International trade and technology transfers are the engines that drive global economy. Much has been written on these drivers but relatively little on what drives globalization of science and technology which constitutes the backbone of international technology transfers. I attempt to fill this knowledge gap by suggesting that the drivers behind globalization of science and technology are the emerging global centers of collaborative research and development (RD) as constituents of the global in- visible college(s). “Science” throughout this article means both science and technology as the two closely related aspects of the same knowledge system. Keywords Globalization; Global Invisible College(s); Knowledge System; Science and Technology; Research and Development 1. Introduction It is now generally recognized that all modern e