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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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We examine the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms’ productivity via human capital transfer from multinational enterprises (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’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013492204
The firm's stock of human capital is an important determinant of its ability to innovate. As such, any increase in this stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms' human capital investments and innovation performance,...
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In this paper we consider relationship between foreign direct investment (as one of the mechanisms of technological development) and long-term economic growth. In the beginning we discuss the role of FDI in the increase of total factor productivity from the viewpoint of endogenous growth theory....
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significantly positively correlated to either sectoral skill intensity or information technology intensity. The results from the …
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Markets for technology typically enhance value creation though complementarities between upstream research and … downstream commercialization capabilities. However, in this paper we focus on the additional benefits of external technology … sourcing on the marginal productivity of internal upstream research. In particular, we focus on technology acquisitions and …
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Recent liberalization of technology flows in several less developed nations necessitates study into the possible …&D expenditures and technology licensing behavior in Brazil, explicitly considering corner solutions using the Kuhn-Tucker conditions … and both types of technology acquisition reveals that while very small firms see technology licensing and R&D as …
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Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … types of international technology sourcing activities using survey information on German companies complemented with … German firms to better tap into US R&D, but cooperation with customers and competitors does not appear to aid technology …
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significantly positively correlated to either sectoral skill intensity or information technology intensity. The results from the …
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Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they … size-weighted average management score. We present a formal model of "Management as a Technology", and structurally …
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