Technology Transfer in Global Value Chains†

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Sampson, Thomas
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MICROECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7669
• DOI: 10.1257/mic.20220016
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 103-146
• 关键词: intellectual property-rights; foreign direct-investment; geographic localization; knowledge spillovers; CONTRACTS; FIRMS; PROTECTION; INNOVATION; increase; gains

摘要

Global value chains create opportunities for North -South technology diffusion. This paper studies technology transfer in value chains when contracts are incomplete and input production technologies are imperfectly excludable. It introduces a new taxonomy of value chains based on whether the headquarters firm benefits from imitation of its supplier's technology. In inclusive value chains , where imitation is beneficial , the headquarters firm promotes technology diffusion. But in exclusive value chains headquarters seek to limit supplier imitation. The paper analyzes how this distinction affects the returns to offshoring , the welfare effects of technical change, and the social efficiency of knowledge sharing. ( JEL F14, F23, L14, L24, O33 )