Foreign direct investment and the incentives to innovate and imitate

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 835-861

  Brambilla, Irene ^a   Hale, Galina ^b   Long, Cheryl ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c Colgate University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

China; FDI; Imitation; Innovation; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; IMITATION; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71849093596     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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