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- Foreign Direct Investment Under R&D Competition
- We consider the preferences of a foreign firm and a welfare maximizing host country government for foreign direct investment through direct entry and acquisition in presence of innovation by the firms. We find that relatively superior technology is always used under acquisition. Though profits are higher under acquisition, consumers are...
- White papers 2004-10-15
- International Outsourcing Through Foreign Direct Investment And Intellectual Property Protection
- This paper studies international outsourcing through Foreign Direct Investment FDI by Multinational Enterprise MNE. Outsourcing process is decomposed to two steps? choosing production location and shipping products back to home country. Outsourcing is measured as the ratio of affiliate sales over US parent sales. Based on cost comparison, Factors that...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Foreign Direct Investment And R&D Offshoring
- This paper analyzes a two-country model of Foreign Direct Investment FDI. Two firms, each of which is originally situated in only one of the countries, first decide whether to build a plant in the foreign country. Then, they decide whether to relocate R&D activities. Finally, they engage in product-market competition....
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, And Foreign Direct Investment: Theory And Evidence
- What is the effect of a strengthening of Intellectual Property Rights IPR protection by developing countries on local imitation and inflows of Foreign Direct Investment FDI? This paper addresses this question both theoretically and empirically. On the theoretical side, a North-South product cycle model is developed in which Northern innovation,...
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Intellectual Property Rights And Foreign Direct Investment
- This paper reviews the theory and evidence on how intellectual property rights may influence decisions on FDI and technology transfers. The message is that, while there are indications that strengthening IPRs can be an effective incentive for inward FDI, it is only a component of a broader set of factors....
- White papers 2000-05-01
- Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, And International Technology Transfer: A Survey
- This paper surveys the trade literature on international technology transfer, paying particular attention to the role of foreign direct investment. A central question of interest is whether technologies introduced by multinationals diffuse to local firms. Major conclusions of theoretical models as well as the relevant empirical evidence regarding technology spillovers...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- International Technology Diffusion: Effects of Trade and FDI
- This paper investigates both trade and FDI as channels of international R&D diffusion. Generally, trade has a stronger effect on TFP than FDI. More interestingly, the authors also find that there exist different effects of FDI and trade on R&D diffusion in DCs and LDCs. Both trade and FDI have...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Modeling the Offshoring of White-Collar Services: From Comparative Advantage to the New Theories of Trade and FDI
- Trade theory consists of a portfolio of models. What elements might be useful in modeling the offshoring of white-collar services, or do these issues call for an entirely fresh approach? This paper identifies some of the important aspects of this phenomenon and then argue that modeling could focus on vertical...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Trade, Foreign Direct Investment And Spillover Effect: An Empirical Analysis On FDI And Import From G7 To China
- The theories of economic growth indicated a country's productivity depends not only on the domestic R&D (Research & Development) but also on Foreign R&D capital. Especially, the developing countries can benefit from R&D that is performed in the industrial countries by trading with the industrial countries or by receiving FDI...
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Impact Of Intellectual Property Protection, Domestic Market Condition And R&D Expenditure On Foreign Direct Investment Inflow
- The focus of this paper is to highlight and provide an empirical investigation of the impact for the first five years period after the implementation of TRIPS agreement. This study used a cross-country data for the mixed periods (1996-2000) to see of the impact of selected designed institutional factor viz....
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Impact Of Intellectual Property Rights Reforms On The Diffusion Of Knowledge Through FDI
- This paper examines the impact of Intellectual Property Rights IPR reforms on the technology flows between the U.S. and countries where U.S. multinationals have established affiliates. Patent citations are used as a proxy for knowledge spillovers to examine whether the diffusion of new technology between the host countries and the...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- International Trade, Economic Growth And Intellectual Property Rights
- This paper examines the role of high-technology trade, IPRs Intellectual Property Rights and FDI Foreign Direct Investment in determining a country's rate of innovation and economic growth. The empirical analysis is conducted using a unique panel data set of 47 developed and developing countries from 1970 to 1990. The results...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- The Effects Of Outward Foreign Direct Investment On Domestic Investment
- This paper examines the relationship between outward foreign direct investments and domestic investments. It has been argued in the literature that such analysis should make a distinction between R&D intensive Schumpeterian and traditional type of industries. In line with this argument, two types of domestic investments have been distinguished: investments...
- White papers 2006-02-28
- North-South Technology Diffusion: How Important Are Trade, FDI And International Telecommunications?
- There is an influential literature studying the impact on Total Factor Productivity TFP of foreign technology obtained through imports trade. This paper builds on that literature and is a first attempt to examine the effects on TFP in the South of technology developed in the North that is diffused not...
- White papers 2005-03-01
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- The Link Between Foreign Direct Investment And Corruption In Transitional Economies
- This paper analyzes how corruption affects foreign direct investment in transitional economies. Popular development and economic theories nowadays maintain that foreign investment is beneficial for economic growth and that corruption is damaging in economic development. Based on primary and empirical research, using an inter-disciplinary approach, this paper examines how the...
- White papers 2003-08-22
- How Tax Policy And Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment - A Review
- The objective of this paper is to review the literature on tax policy, and foreign direct investment, and explore possibilities for research. They observe that tax incentives neither make up for serious deficiencies in a country's investment environment, or generate the desired externalities. Long-term strategies to improve human, and physical...
- White papers 2000-12-01
- Firm-Level Relationship Between Technological Capability And Foreign Direct Investment
- This paper reexamines the relationship between FDI Foreign Direct Investment and R&D by exploiting firm-level data for 118,300 Japanese manufacturers with no threshold. This study confirms that the positive association between FDI and R&D is robust even if firms undertaking no FDI and/or no R&D (Research & Development) are included....
- White papers 2003-07-04
- Foreign direct investment and legal constraints on domestic environmental policies: Striking a "resonable" balance between stability and change
- GAETAN VERHOOSEL* I. INTRODUCTION The interplay between foreign direct investment FDI and sustainable development is increasingly becoming the object of research and debate.1 Pursuant to the explosive growth of FDI in recent years,2 and the rising share of developing and transition economies in total FDI flows,3 the impact of FDI...
- Research articles 1998-07-01
- A General Airplane Research Development Project Announced by the Department of International Cooperation Science and Technology Bureau
- SHENYANG, China -- FDI Newswire--The Department of International Cooperation Science and Technology Bureau of Shenyang, P.R. China hereby announces the following project that is seeking foreign direct investment. The project consists of: Expand research and laboratory buildings and equipment, civil airplane production lines, composite material factory houses and...
- Research articles 2005-06-30
- Towards A Southern Agenda On International Investment: The Role Of International Investment Agreements
- International investment is an important and complex phenomenon. Research on international investment to date has focused on a limited number of topics, such as the factors that influence investment decisions and the impact of foreign direct investment in selected developing countries. Until now, other topics have received less attention, notably...
- White papers 2004-05-01
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