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International Joint Ventures and Internal vs. External Technology Transfer : Evidence from China
Jiang, Kun - 2018
We study the economics of international joint ventures with administrative data for China exploiting the change in foreign direct investment policy as China entered the WTO in the year 2002. Accounting for a quarter of all international joint ventures worldwide, we first show that foreign...
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Why Do Multinational Firms Seek Out Joint Ventures?
Blomstrom, Magnus; Zejan, Mario - 2021
This paper uses a model of dichotomous choice to distinguish the characteristics of Swedish multinational firms that seek out joint ventures from those that do not. The findings suggest that firms with little experience of foreign production and highly diversified product lines are the most...
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Universities, Joint Ventures, and Success in the Advanced Technology Program
Darby, Michael R. - 2013
America's most innovative firms participate in the U.S. Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program (ATP) those that participated at least once accounted for over 40 percent of U.S. patents to U.S. entities during 1988-1996. Many firms are repeat participants. ATP participation has...
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Local Protectionism, Market Structure, and Social Welfare : China's Automobile Market
Barwick, Panle Jia - 2017
While China has made great strides in transforming its centrally-planned economy to a market-oriented economy, there still exist widespread interregional trade barriers, such as policies and practices that protect local firms against competition from non-local firms. This study documents the...
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International Joint Ventures and the Boundaries of the Firm
Desai, Mihir A.; Foley, C. Fritz; Hines Jr., James R. - 2021
This paper analyzes the determinants of partial ownership of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms and, in particular, why partial ownership has declined markedly over the last 20 years. The evidence indicates that whole ownership is most common when firms coordinate integrated...
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Technology Transfer and Spillovers? Does Local Participation with Multinationals Matter?
Blomstrom, Magnus; Sjoholm, Fredrik - 2021
This paper examines the effects on technology transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign multinational affiliates. More specifically, we try to answer two questions, using unpublished Indonesian micro data. Firstly, do establishments with minority and majority ownership...
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R&D Sourcing, Joint Ventures and Innovation : A Multiple Indicators Approach
Adams, James D.; Marcu, Mircea - 2021
This paper reexamines the limits of the firm in Research and Development (R&D). Using evidence drawn from industrial laboratories we study the causes and effects of R&D sourcing. We begin with the causes of sourcing, finding that Research Joint Ventures (RJVs), the option to purchase and...
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Financial Literacy, Information, and Demand Elasticity : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Mexico
Hastings, Justine S. - 2010
We use responses to a survey and experiment with participants in Mexico's privatized social security system to examine how financial literacy impacts workers' choice behavior and how simplifying information on management fees may increase measures of price elasticity sensitivity among the...
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Profiting from Government Stakes in a Command Economy : Evidence from Chinese Asset Sales
Calomiris, Charles W. - 2010
contrast to the quot;privatization premiumquot; found in earlier work, we find a negative effect of government ownership on …, suggesting that personal ties can substitute for the benefits of government ownership. The quot;privatization discountquot; is … with relatively high welfare payments to employees, which presumably would fall with privatization, benefit …
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Testing Limits to Policy Reversal : Evidence from Indian Privatizations
Dastidar, Siddhartha - 2010
We examine the effect of regime change on privatization using the 2004 election surprise in India. The pro-reform BJP … slated for definite privatization by the BJP dropped by 3.5 percent relative to private firms. Surprisingly, government …-controlled companies that were only under study for possible privatization fell by 7.5 percent relative to private firms. We interpret this …
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