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Foreign Firms and Indigenous Technology Development in the People's Republic of China

Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2016

examine the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on technology development in the PRC. We start by surveying a large and … growing literature on FDI and spillovers in the country. Most previous studies find evidence of positive spillovers. We then … continue to examine the effect of FDI on competition in the Chinese manufacturing sector and the effect of competition on firms …

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Technology Sourcing in Swedish Mnes and Smes : Evidence from Patent Data

Globerman, Steven; Kokko, Ari; Sjoholm, Fredrik - 2012

and FDI also seem to facilitate the transfer of foreign technology to Sweden. However, trade contacts seem to be more … important for technology sourcing in SMEs than in MNEs. Moreover, the results suggest that outward FDI is a significant channel … for the diffusion of foreign technology to MNEs as well as to non-multinational firms, while inward FDI seems to have a …

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Multinational Corporations and Spillovers

Blomstrom, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - 1998

This paper examines spillover effects of the activities of multinational firms. Such effects are most likely to be found in host countries, where the operations of foreign multinationals may influence local firms in the MNCs own industry as well as firms in other industries. However, there is no...

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