This research sheds light on the role of product scope on the innovation activity of multinational multi-product firms …. We use patent citation data to break down innovation into two types by measuring the degree to which innovation performed … focus on two features in multinational production: (i) fundamental innovation is geographically more difficult to transfer …

relaxation in FDI regulations, the average product scope increased by 5% which indicates more product innovation. Through … innovation have limits. We found that these effects are present in medium- and low-tech industries but not in high …