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Technological spillovers from multinational presence - Towards a conceptual framework

Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

examining technological spillovers in a manufacturing industry setting. The proposed framework overlaps three different … their nature. Using this framework, the kind and the channels through which spillovers occur most can be equally determined … factors and conditions under which spillovers from multinationals occur. …

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Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms

Belderbos, René; Ito, Banri; Wakasugi, Ryuhei - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

R&D in foreign affiliates and technology transferred from their parent firms are important potential drivers of productivity in host countries. In this paper we examine the simultaneous impact of local R&D and intra-firm international technology transfer on productivity growth in foreign...

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R&D offshoring and technology learning in emerging economies: Firm-level evidence from the ICT industry

Huang, Can; Qu, Zhe; Zhang, Mingqian; Zhao, Yanyun - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This paper studies the impact of the R&D offshoring of multinational enterprises on the firms in host emerging economies. We develop a two-stage non-cooperative game to analyze the strategic interaction between multinational and host country enterprises engaged in R&D investment. An empirical...

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How Firms Innovate: R&D, Non-R&D, and Technology Adoption

Huang, Can; Arundel, Anthony; Hollanders, Hugo - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

Non-R&D innovation is a common economic phenomenon, though R&D has been the central focus of policy making and scholarly research in the field of innovation. An analysis of the third European Community Innovation Survey (CIS-3) results for 15 countries finds that almost half of innovative...

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The Heterogeneity of MNC' Subsidiaries and Technology Spillovers: Explaining positive and negative effects in emerging economies

Marin, Anabel; Sasidharan, Subash - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

Conventional models of multinational corporation (MNC) related spillovers in host economies assume that they derive …

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Foreign-owned firms and technological capabilities in the Argentinean manufacturing industry

Costa, Ionara; Marin, Anabel - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This deals with the technological development implications of the substantial and long-dated presence of foreign-owned affiliates in the Argentinean manufacturing industry. It put forward the argument that the learning process of foreign-owned firms should be central in the analysis of the...

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Foreign Ownership, Technological Capabilities and Exports: Evidence from 205 Clothing Firms in Sri Lanka

Wignaraja, Ganeshan - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

Sri Lanka was the earliest South Asian economy to introduce economic reforms to attract export-oriented FDI. The rise of clothing production for export, apparently mainly driven by foreign firms, is regarded as a major outcome of the reforms. This paper seeks to examine a range of factors...

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Keeping the Eclectic Paradigm Simple: A Brief Commentary and Implications for Ownership Advantages

Narula, Rajneesh - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

The eclectic paradigm as developed by Dunning evolved over time, responding to changes in the way international business has been conducted as well as to link it with other related academic disciplines. I argue that if the paradigm continues to try and be a 'big tent' and a de facto theory of...

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To Be or Not to Be at the BOP: A One-North-Many-Souths Model with Subsistence and Luxury Goods

Zon, Adriaan van; Schmidt, Tobias - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

In this paper we seek to explain the causes and consequences of Northern penetration in Southern subsistence markets in order to reach the countless masses at the Bottom of the (Income) Pyramid. To this end we formulate a One-North-Many-Souths model, inspired by the Krugman (1979) North-South...

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Drivers of Brazilian foreign investments – technology seeking and technology exploiting as determinants of emerging FDI

Carvalho, Flavia; Duysters, Geert; Costa, Ionara - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

The paper uses data from a recent survey on Brazilian firms to investigate the role of technology in the internationalization of firms, and whether if affects the destination of foreign investments. Emerging markets FDI is a much-debated topic these days, and their technology-seeking purpose is...

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