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Measuring Multinationals' R&D Activities in China on the Basis of a Patent Database : Comparing European, Japanese and US Firms
Motohashi, Kazuyuki - 2015
Using an internationally linked patent database, this paper compares the types of R&D activities undertaken by … involved in some technology‐driven R&D activities; European firms are inclined toward market‐driven R&D, while Japanese firms …
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Is hiring foreign worth it? : spillover from foreign firms' human capital and local firms' productivity
Pyun, Ju Hyun; Sun, Jong-in - 2022
This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital transfer from MNEs to local firms. Using the firm-level data for 2010-2015 from the Republic of Korea, we identify human capital spillovers using local firms' hired permanent foreign...
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FDI Technology Spillovers, Geography, and Spatial Diffusion
Lin, Mi - 2015
This paper investigates the geographic extent of FDI technology spillovers and associated spatial diffusion. By …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018470
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Regional FDI, technological knowledge and export-oriented entrepreneurs in Spain
Gonzalez-Pernia, Jose L.; Peña-Legazkue, Iñaki - 2012
The emergence of new ventures that from inception use resources and sell their goods and services in multiple foreign markets has challenged traditional theories explaining the internationalization of a firm as a stage process (Oviatt & McDougall, 1994). Different factors have been identified to...
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The impact of foreign acquisitions on the investors' R&D activities : firm-level evidence
Stiebale, Joel - 2010
This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities at the firm level. In contrast to previous studies that analyze the effects on innovation in target firms, this paper investigates the effects on the investing firms. For the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003924470
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Outward R&D Investment and Host-Country Patenting of German Multinational Companies
Sommer, Daniel - 2017
‘European Patent Office' (EPO) and under the ‘Patent Cooperation Treaty' (PCT), provided by the OECD REGPAT database, the author … conduct research in their home-base, i.e. Germany, followed by R&D activities in select neighboring European countries and the …
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Global investment decisions and patent protection : evidence from German multinationals
Nabokin, Tatjana - 2014
This paper investigates the role of patent protection in the global investment decisions of multinational firms. Using … comprehensive firm-level panel data of German multinationals, we investigate how changes in a host country’s patent protection … influence the extensive and intensive margin of foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions. We isolate the effect of patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439153
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Measuring multinationals' R&Dactivities in China on the basis of a patent database : comparing European, Japanese and US firms
Motoashi, Kazuyuki - In: China & world economy 23 (2015) 6, pp. 1-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415738
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Friend or foe? : revealing R&D spillovers from FDI in Indonesia
Yasin, Mohammad Zeqi; Padilla, Miguel Angel Esquivias; … - In: Journal of open innovation : technology, market, and … 10 (2024) 1, pp. 1-12
The benefits of research and development (R&D) investment extend beyond the undertaking firms and may impact the wider economy through spillovers. This study examines the effect of Multinational Companies (MNCs)' R&D intra-industrial spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP) using firm-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518816
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Multinational Ownership and R&D Intensity : The Role of External Knowledge Sources and Spillovers
De Beule, Filip; Van Beveren, Ilke - 2009
This paper analyzes the drivers of multinational affiliates’ R&D intensity, using a unique dataset based on the fourth Community Innovation Survey for Belgium. Specifically, we investigate the role of foreign affiliates’ local (host country) embeddedness and of host country spillovers on...
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