This paper investigates the geographic extent of FDI technology spillovers and associated spatial diffusion. By …

This paper investigates the geographic extent of foreign direct investment (FDI) technology spillovers and diffusion in … productivity (TFP) innovation clusters, uncover the spatial extent of technology diffusion, and quantify both the temporal and … positive FDI spillovers through interregional technology diffusion via labor market channels; these interregional spillovers …

Theoretical models of growth reveal that either exogenous or endogenous, technology is the main driving force behind … the long-run economic growth. Furthermore, in the endogenous growth framework, diffusion of technology is the basic … of foreign direct investment (FDI), considering that the latter is an international technology diffusion channel …

technology-specific patentability standards and their role in furthering the goals of the patent system …The patent system gives the courts discretion to tailor patentability standards flexibly across technologies to provide … practical, non-research-based use at the time patent protection is sought. The fear is that an early-stage patent on a research …

assembling unit to LDC, or shift entire production to LDC with full technology transfer. The MNC incurs investment to control the … complete production to LDC with full technology transfer if the transport-cost of sending semi-finished product from developed …

intensive countries reduce domestic R&D effort, in favour of an increase in foreign technology transfers, which suggests … complementarities in the knowledge assets of the MNE and the target firm as a reason for FDI. In contrast, consistent with technology … ; acquisition FDI ; knowledge complementarities ; technology sourcing …