This paper extends the Symeonidis's (2003) oligopoly model to discuss how FDI spillovers that decrease the quality difference between vertically differentiated products of home and foreign firms affect the home firm's decision on plant location. This paper shows that whether the degree of...

Globalisation in the recent times has resulted in increased interdependence between the countries. While the process of globalisation holds the promise of development for all, it has been argued by various researchers that situation on ground is otherwise. There is considerable disagreement...

International technological collaborations (ITCs) and face-to-face interactions are an important vehicle of knowledge diffusion. This paper analyzes ITCs among USPTO patents’ inventors in eleven emerging economies and seven advanced countries (1990–2004) and a novel database on companies’...

Our study asks a pertinent question - to what extent does institutional environment moderate the influence of entrepreneurs' ability to recognise opportunities and their likelihood of entering into technology entrepreneurship? This study suggests that technology entrepreneurs in emerging...