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This paper analyzes North-South technology transfers in a model of oligopolistic competition. Two firms in the North supply a high-tech good and a technically related low-tech good. They decide about licensing the low-tech good to low-cost suppliers in the South. With the license Southern firms...
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We construct an oligopoly model in which a multinational firm has a superior technology compared to local firms. Workers employed by the multinational acquire knowledge of its superior technology. The multinational may pay a wage premium to prevent local firms from hiring its workers and thus...
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It is often argued that multinationals are reluctant to transfer technology due to the fear of spillovers. We show that … may agree to enter a joint venture even though this gives rise to spillovers. Surprisingly, we find that a joint venture … is sometimes not in the interest of a host country, despite the prospect of spillovers. …
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structure in an international joint venture. In contrast to existing arguments we show that spillovers must not always have … venture is mutually beneficial. Surprisingly, however, we find that despite the prospect of spillovers a joint venture is …
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evidence on the role of international technology spillovers on economic growth. Further, we discuss the transmission channels … of international technology spillovers and barriers to international technology diffusion. Next we turn to measuring … international technology diffusion. -- International technology spillovers ; Knowledge-intensive economy ; Absorptive capacity …
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This paper revisits the results of Bloom, Schankerman, and Van Reenen (2013) on the impact of R&D spillovers on growth … of firms' interactions in technology space and product market space. We show that the magnitude of spillovers appears to …
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capital spillovers using local firms' hired permanent foreign employees in an industry and region where MNEs and local firms … FDI spillovers via human capital transfer to a local firm suggest that policymakers may relax unnecessary regulations for …
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) embeddedness and of host country spillovers on foreign affiliates’ research efforts. Our findings show that foreign affiliates who … negative impact on the research effort of foreign affiliates as a result of technological spillovers. Our findings have …
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In this paper, I present novel empirical evidence in support of the idea that FDI firms can act as an important driver of regional growth, by acting as a source of new knowledge and technologies to local suppliers in a host economy. For the analysis, I use unique firm level data that I obtained...
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