This paper considers the effect of acquisition FDI on the knowledge production function. We distinguish between … complementarities in the knowledge assets of the MNE and the target firm as a reason for FDI. In contrast, consistent with technology …

notable impact on possibly multiple firms' internationalization. Exploiting a rich panel data set, the paper thoroughly tests … this idea by discriminating between knowledge ascribable to managers' former job experience and that attributable to their …

This paper provides the first in-depth study of the organization of knowledge in multinational firms. The paper … develops a theoretical model that studies how firms optimally split knowledge between their headquarters and their production … plants if communication costs impede the access of production plants to headquarter knowledge. The paper assumes that the …

We provide the first measurement of knowledge spillovers from venture capital-financed companies onto the patenting …

organizations in the Netherlands during 1993-2006. We compare the patterns of knowledge utilization (represented by backward patent … citations) and knowledge dissemination (represented by forward patent citations) and obtain evidence of inter- or intra-firm and … inter- or intra-industry knowledge spillovers. In the context of effective competition and innovation policies we advocate …

present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary … headquarters is, on average, about one percent higher in the knowledge intensity scale. I find no evidence of the knowledge …

one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus …

interdependence - the hallmark of globalization - per se does not justify interventionist harmonization unless increased …