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Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer

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  • Kim, Young-Han

    (Sungkyunkwan University)

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This paper examines the welfare effects of foreign direct investment, focusing on the asymmetric technological transfers and innovation efforts among different entry modes of FDI, such as greenfield FDI and cross-border M&A. Traditionally, greenfield FDI has been preferred by developing host countries, while recent research shows that cross-border M&A also has strong welfare-improving effects. We demonstrate that country asymmetries in terms of technologies and market sizes among integrating countries explains why greenfield investments are preferred to cross-border acquisitions in most developing economies: mainly because of asymmetric technology transfer effects. More specifically, when the host country has comparative advantage in production factor cost and in market size, greenfield FDI is the optimal investment regime, while cross-border M&A might be the optimal policy in the adverse case, as widely observed in recent FDI features in developing economies.

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  • Kim, Young-Han, 2008. "Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer," East Asian Economic Review, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, vol. 12(1), pages 215-249, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:eaerev:0142
    DOI: 10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2008.12.1.185
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    1. Njangang Henri & Nembot Ndeffo Luc & Nawo Larissa, 2019. "The Long‐run and Short‐run Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Financial Development in African Countries," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 31(2), pages 216-229, June.

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    Keywords

    Cross-border M&A; Greenfield Investment; Technology Transfer;
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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