Technology transfer within multinational firms and its impact on the productivity of Scottish subsidiaries

Regional Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-25

  Siler, Pamela ^a   Wang, Chengqi ^b   Liu, Xiaming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign direst investment; Productivity; Scotland; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037670510     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340022000033376     Document Type: Article

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