Do subsidiaries of foreign MNEs invest more in R&D than domestic firms?

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1812-1828

  Un, C Annique ^a   Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic firms; Multinational firms; R D investment; Subsidiaries of foreign firms

Indexed keywords

PURCHASING;

CENTERS OF EXCELLENCES; D INVESTMENTS; DOMESTIC FIRMS; EXTERNAL-; LITTLE RESEARCHES; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; ONE HANDS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS; SUBSIDIARIES OF FOREIGN FIRMS; TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 55549145021     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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