In recent years developing countries have emerged as significant participants in the OFDI (outward foreign direct investment) activities having the strategic asset seeking motive. Such OFDI which is assets exploiting cum augmenting involves potential two way cross border knowledge flows. This...

The role of MNCs and their affiliates i.e. FCA units are assumed to bear significant advantages for the export promotion from developing host countries, which has been widely discussed by the economists and researchers. Considering the advantages MNCs lend to the host country’s industry (FCA...

This paper seeks to examine how local automotive parts firms' technological capabilities have evolved vis-à-vis foreign firms following increased liberalization from the late 1990s. The evidence amassed shows that there were no obvious statistical differences in human resource and process...

Technology import raises industrial competitiveness through increased productivity and efficiency of the concerned units. Thus, it is necessary for developing countries to have liberal regimes in favor of technology import. Increases in productivity and efficiency lead to competitiveness....

Extant research on R&D internationalization has not examined how effective foreign R&D investments are in generating positive returns for the investing firms, in particular in comparison and conjunction with the effects of domestic R&D investments. We examine the effectiveness of international...

The impact of foreign collaborations or international technology transfers in developing host countries has been a major bone of contention. Literature on this subject has varied views and the role of MNCs in and the sharing of the net benefits between the technology givers and technology takers...

Firms operating with foreign collaborations (FCA units) have been facing a high degree of dependence on the parent MNEs (Multi-national Enterprises) compared to their local counterparts (Non-FAC units) owing to reasons like larger imports of raw materials, machinery, equipments and spares by...