Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and International Technology Transfer : A Survey

Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and International Technology Transfer : A Survey

The author surveys the literature on trade and foreign direct investment--especially wholly-owned subsidiaries of multinational firms and international joint ventures--as channels for technology transfer. He also discusses licensing and other arm&#...

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Main Author:	Saggi, Kamal
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ARBITRAGE ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BRAIN DRAIN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CLOSED ECONOMY COLLABORATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DUOPOLY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINAL GOODS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRM FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN LABOR FOREIGN MARKET FOREIGN MARKETS FREE TRADE GROWTH MODELS GROWTH THEORY HIGH TECHNOLOGY HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES HUMAN CAPITAL IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRY TRADE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORS KNOW-HOW KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEARNING LITERACY MARGINAL COST MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET FAILURES MODEM MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NEOCLASSICAL MODELS NEW PRODUCTS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OPEN ECONOMIES OPENNESS OPTION VALUE OUTSOURCING PER CAPITA INCOME PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC GOOD SCALE EFFECTS SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUNK COSTS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS THEORETICAL MODELS TOTAL COSTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE MODELS TRADE POLICY TRADE PROTECTION TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437640/trade-foreign-direct-investment-international-technology-transfer-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19843

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