The relationship between foreign ownership and technology transfer |
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Authors: | Cletus C. Coughlin |
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Affiliation: | Department of Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper focuses on technology-transfer implications of foreign-ownership restrictions. Using a theory of the multinational corporation, testable implications concerning the transfer of product and process technology via wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures are developed. Comparing selected countries that deter wholly owned foreign direct investment to less restrictive countries, two predicted results are found. First, technology transferred to countries that deter wholly owned foreign direct investment is disproportionately process rather than product technology. Secondly, the product technology transferred to countries that deter wholly owned foreign direct investment is relatively older. |
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