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FDI, R&D and human capital in Central and Eastern European countries

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  • Cristiano Perugini
  • Fabrizio Pompei
  • Marcello Signorelli

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The recent literature dealing with the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) has increasingly emphasised the importance of technological aspects, as both attractive factors and FDI-related technological transfer effects. Focusing on the second perspective, this article explores the theoretical and empirical relationships between innovative inputs (particularly FDI) and innovative outputs in the EU-27 countries, focusing in particular on the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). Findings provide evidence of strong East/West specificities, but also of marked heterogeneity within the CEECs, thus supporting our approach, which emphasises complexity and the specificities of production and economic conditions.

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  • Cristiano Perugini & Fabrizio Pompei & Marcello Signorelli, 2008. "FDI, R&D and human capital in Central and Eastern European countries," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(3), pages 317-345.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pocoec:v:20:y:2008:i:3:p:317-345
    DOI: 10.1080/14631370802281431
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • P33 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General

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