The effect of Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) on multinational enterprises’ innovation in emerging economies remains controversial. From the perspective of motivational diversification, this study examines the impact of OFDI on a parent company’s innovation performance, using the...

In the present study we investigate the relationship between foreign ownership and innovation activities using the firm-level data of the third Community Innovation Survey (CIS) covering 12 European countries. Probit estimates based on 28,000 firms observations show that foreign owned firms are...

This paper examines how foreign-owned and domestically owned firms transform innovation into employment growth. The empirical analysis, based on the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse and Peters (2008) and CIS data for 16 countries, reveals important differences between the two groups: Due...