Knowledge spillovers from foreign direct investment in R&D: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 996-1013

  Todo, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Knowledge spillovers; R D activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751234512     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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