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Technology Transfer and Spillovers? Does Local Participation with Multinationals Matter?

Blomstrom, Magnus - 1998

This paper examines the effects on technology transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign multinational affiliates. More specifically, we try to answer two questions, using unpublished Indonesian micro data. Firstly, do establishments with minority and majority ownership...

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International Joint Ventures and Internal vs. External Technology Transfer : Evidence from China

Jiang, Kun - 2018

This paper studies international joint ventures, where foreign direct investment is performed by a foreign and a domestic firm that together set up a new firm, the joint venture. Employing administrative data on all international joint ventures in China from 1998 to 2007--roughly a quarter of...

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Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillover, and Industrial Quality Upgrading : Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry

Bai, Jie - 2020

While there is a vast body of research on the benefits of FDI in developing countries, whether and how the form of FDI matters have received limited attention. In this paper, we study the impact of FDI via quid pro quo (technology for market access) on facilitating knowledge spillover and...

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Aggregate Implications of Barriers to Female Entrepreneurship

Chiplunkar, Gaurav; Goldberg, Pinelopi K. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We develop a framework for identifying and quantifying barriers to entry and operation faced by female entrepreneurs in developing countries, and apply it to the Indian economy. We find that despite considerable progress over time, female entrepreneurs still face substantial entry and business...

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Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size : Evidence from India

Alfaro, Laura - 2012

This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm-size dynamics …

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Does the Invisible Hand Efficiently Guide Entry and Exit? Evidence from a Vegetable Market Experiment in India

Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

What accounts for the ubiquity of small vendors operating side-by-side in the urban centers of developing countries? Why don't competitive forces drive some vendors out of the market? We ran an experiment in Kolkata vegetable markets in which we induced (via subsidizing) some vendors to sell...

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Measuring Changes in the Bilateral Technology Gaps between China, India and the U.S. 1979 - 2008

Shen, Keting - 2015

's technology gaps both with the U.S. and India between 1979 and 2008, comparing the technology level of these economies using a CES … India and the U.S. for the period before 2008. The pairwise gaps between the U.S. and China, and the U.S. and India remain … productivity than India over the period, the bilateral technology gap between China and India is still in India's favor. India had …

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Why Do Multinational Firms Seek Out Joint Ventures?

Blomstrom, Magnus - 1989

This paper uses a model of dichotomous choice to distinguish the characteristics of Swedish multinational firms that seek out joint ventures from those that do not. The findings suggest that firms with little experience of foreign production and highly diversified product lines are the most...

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Innocents Abroad : The Hazards of International Joint Ventures with Pyramidal Group Firms

Perkins, Susan - 2008

The fundamental unit of production in microeconomics is the firm, and this mirrors reality in the United States and United Kingdom. But elsewhere, business groups can be the more important unit, for business strategy is often formulated at the business group level, not the firm level. In many...

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R&D Sourcing, Joint Ventures and Innovation : A Multiple Indicators Approach

Adams, James D. - 2004

This paper reexamines the limits of the firm in Research and Development (R&D). Using evidence drawn from industrial laboratories we study the causes and effects of R&D sourcing. We begin with the causes of sourcing, finding that Research Joint Ventures (RJVs), the option to purchase and...

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