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Is Hiring Foreign Worth It? Spillover from Foreign Firms’ Human Capital and Local Firms’ Productivity

Pyun, Ju Hyun; Sun, Jong-in - 2022

We examine the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms’ productivity via human capital transfer from … from MNEs due to the Republic of Korea’s visa regulations. We find that the industry and regional FDI positively affect … spillover from FDI is also more pronounced in high R&D-intensive industries. Our results are robust with various measures of …

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Gifted Kids or Pushy Parents? Foreign Acquisitions and Plant Performance in Indonesia

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska - 2005

foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of the FDI decision, a difference …

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Technology transfer and spillovers in international joint ventures

Müller, Thomas; Schnitzer, Monika - 2005

It is often argued that multinationals are reluctant to transfer technology due to the fear of spillovers. We show that this need not be the case if host country policies like taxation are taken into account. Furthermore, we examine the incentives the multinational and the host country have to...

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International spillovers in a world of technology clubs

Stöllinger, Roman - 2013

Technology is a key element for long-term growth and economic development. Given the stark concentration of innovation activities in a few countries most countries have to rely on the international diffusion of newly developed technologies. Some countries may fail to successfully perform the...

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Organization of multinational activities and ownership structure

Mugele, Christian; Schnitzer, Monika - 2006

We develop a model in which multinational investors decide about the modes of organization, the locations of production, and the markets to be served. Foreign investments are driven by market-seeking and cost-reducing motives. We further assume that investors face costs of control that vary...

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Multinational Corporations and Technology Transfers in Developing Countries

Zhang, Kevin Honglin; Zhao, Zhongxiu - In: Economia Internazionale / International Economics 60 (2007) 2, pp. 249-264

country, China seems to build its capabilities for technology and innovation through foreign direct investment (FDI) by … of FDI mainly from spillovers and no obvious technology transfers are made directly from multinational corporations. The … results also suggest a key role of an industry’s absorptive capability in capturing potential benefits from FDI. …

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Modes of foreign entry under asymmetric information about potential technology spillovers

Müller, Thomas - 2002

This paper studies the effect of technology spillovers on the entry decision of a multinational enterprise into a foreign market. Two alternative entry modes for a foreign direct investment are considered: Greenfield investment versus acquisition. We find that with quantity competition a...

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Organization of multinational activities and ownership structure

Mugele, Christian; Schnitzer, Monika - 2006

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Determinants of productivity gap in the European Union: A multilevel perspective

Bruno, Randolph Luca; Douarin, Elodie; Korosteleva, Julia; … - 2019

suggests that there is a lack of coordination between R&D policy and technology transfer (FDI, trade and industrial policy …

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Determinants of Productivity Gap in the European Union: A Multilevel Perspective

Bruno, Randolph Luca; Douarin, Elodie; Korosteleva, Julia; … - 2019

suggests that there is a lack of coordination between R&D policy and technology transfer (FDI, trade and industrial policy …

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