Driffield, Nigel, Love, James H. and Menghinello, Stefano (2010). The multinational enterprise as a source of international knowledge flows:direct evidence from Italy. Journal of International Business Studies, 41 (2), pp. 350-359.
Abstract
This paper examines the determinants of technology transfer between parent firms and their international affiliates, and of knowledge spillovers from those affiliates to host-country firms. Using a unique data set of foreign multinational enterprise (MNE) affiliates based in Italy, we find that affiliate investment in R&D and investment in capital-embodied technology plays a significant role in determining the nature of intra-firm technology flows. However, the basis for any spillovers arising from MNE affiliates does not originate from codified knowledge associated with R&D, but rather from the productivity of the affiliate.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2009.57 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Aston India Foundation for Applied Research College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
Additional Information: | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of International Business Studies. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Driffield, Nigel L.; Love, James H. and Menghinello, Stefano (2010) The multinational enterprise as a source of international knowledge flows: direct evidence from Italy. Journal of International Business Studies, 41 (2). pp. 350-359. ISSN 0047-2506 is available online at: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v41/n2/abs/jibs200957a.html |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | technology transfer,knowledge spillovers,technology sourcing,General Business,Management and Accounting,Business and International Management,Management of Technology and Innovation,Strategy and Management,Economics and Econometrics |
Publication ISSN: | 1478-6990 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2024 08:05 |
Date Deposited: | 14 Oct 2013 08:12 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2010-02 |
Authors: |
Driffield, Nigel
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0000-0003-1056-3117)
Love, James H. Menghinello, Stefano |