The paper examines the relation between observed technology spillovers from foreign direct investment and proxies for the complexity of MNC technology. The results suggest that advanced MNC technologies of large technology gaps alone do not constitute unsurmountable obstacles to spillovers, but...

This paper examines whether rivalry in host country markets may force multinational films to increase the technology transfer to their foreign affiliates. Such technology flows should be interesting from the perspective of the host country and its firms, since they would increase the potential...