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Intra-firm technology transfer and R&D in foreign affiliates: Substitutes or complements? Evidence from Japanese multinational firms

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  • Belderbos, Rene
  • Ito, B
  • Ryuhei, W

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R&D in foreign affiliates and technology transferred from their parent firms are important potential drivers of productivity in host countries. In this paper we examine the simultaneous impact of local R&D and intra-firm international technology transfer on productivity growth in foreign affiliates. We estimate a dynamic productivity model on a large sample of Japanese manufacturing affiliates worldwide in 1996–1997 and 1999–2000. We find that both affiliate R&D and intra-firm technology transfer contribute to productivity growth, while technology transfer exhibits decreasing marginal returns. The two sources of technology are complements: use of one source of technology increases the marginal impact of the other

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Keywords: International; Strategy; Decision; Model; Product; Technology; Technology transfer; R&D; Multinational firms; Firms; Working;

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  1. Belderbos, Rene & Van Roy, Vincent & Duvivier, Florence, 2009. "International and domestic technology transfers and productivity growth: Firm level evidence," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/252065, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

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