I. Einleitung - II. Konzeptionelle Auseinandersetzung mit dem Joint Venture und Begriffsbildung des Technologietransfers - III. Zentrale Wesensmerkmale des Joint Ventures - IV. Konzeptionelle Aussagen zum Prozeß des Technologietransfers - V. Zur Ausgestaltung und Funktionsfähigkeit eines Joint...

1 Introduction -- 2 International Diffusion of Innovations: Overviews of Literature -- 3 Foundations of Lead Markets -- 4 The Case of Cellular Mobile Telephony -- 5 Harnessing Lead Markets for Global Innovations -- 6 Discussion, Limitations and Further Research -- 7 Epilogue: Implications for...

We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment (FDI) between the years of 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI...

The activities of multinational enterprises drive the economic globalization process to a very large degree. This paper lists some facts about their dominant role in all channels of globalization. Therefore, the importance of multinational enterprises in foreign direct investment and production...