How firm capabilities affect who benefits from foreign technology

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-199

  Blalock, Garrick ^a   Gertler, Paul J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm capabilities; Foreign direct investment; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DATA SET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PANEL DATA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67651100724     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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