This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the welfare effects of foreign direct investment by investigating the … selection bias, it is found that foreign takeovers have a large negative impact on the propensity to perform innovation … share of sales from product innovations is not significantly affected by a foreign takeover for a given amount of innovation …

This paper analyses the extent of technological capability of foreign subsidiaries located in East Germany, and looks … at the determinants of foreign subsidiaries' technological sourcing behaviour. The theory of international production … available, to conduct our analyses. We find that foreign subsidiaries are above average technologically active in comparison to …