This paper investigates whether and how import competition affects firm innovation. Using China’s World Trade … Organization (WTO) accession as a quasi-natural experiment, we find that import competition reduces firm innovation, which is …

A strong innovation performance based on R&D, product development and the implementation of advanced production … offshoring on R&D and innovation activities of the firm in the home country. The analysis is based on a dataset of more than 3000 … manufacturing firms from seven European countries. We employ propensity score matching to compare R&D and innovation activities of …

&D locations is no reason for concern regarding the perceived hollowing-out of the national innovation systems. Indeed, since the … advantages built at home are at the core of both the HBA and HBE strategies, the national system of innovation in the home …

This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering … show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect of FDI on domestic innovation when the intellectual property … on why developing countries should encourage FDI and strengthen the IPR regime together to enhance domestic innovation …

This paper aims to examine how the diversity of global engagement is related to firms' participation in innovation … activities, i.e., foreign trade and foreign direct investment. Incidences of innovation for ten innovation activities are … computed. The incidence of innovation was used to examine the extent to which different global engagement groups participate in …

&D spillovers on firms' innovation activity within an integrated dynamic model. In the second step, we then estimate the impact of … firms' innovations on firms' productivity growth. Using the firm level data on innovation activity combined with firms …&D subsidies, foreign ownership and intra-sector innovation spillovers do enhance firm's ability to innovate. Second, innovations …

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …. -- Innovation ; FDI ; state owned enterprises ; spillovers ; competition ; China …

This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities … at the firm level. In contrast to previous studies that analyze the effects on innovation in target firms, this paper … ; innovation …

This paper analyzes the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on the innovation of European firms …. The results indicate a considerable increase in post-acquisition innovation in the merged entity. This is mainly driven by … inventors based in the acquirer's country, while innovation in the target's country tends to decline. The asymmetry of effects …

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …