Does inward foreign direct investment improve the innovative performance of local firms?

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 231-244

  García, Francisco ^a   Jin, Byungchae ^b   Salomon, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Inward FDI; Knowledge spillovers; Knowledge transfer; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; INWARD FDI; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870340135     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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