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 …

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 …

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 … sourcing FDI, acquisitions from non-leading countries increase internal R&D efforts. -- MNE ; knowledge production function …

International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic … of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on knowledge sharing activities of … MNC subsidiaries. Relatively little is known about their capabilities for protecting valuable knowledge from spilling over …

We incorporate the now standard knowledge-capital model of multinational firms in a new economic geography setting. The …

Knowledge Capital model was developed in order to provide a unified framework. Although this did yield many empirically …

This paper brings forward a three-country model to analyze the internationalization process in the age of globalization …