The multinational enterprise as a source of international knowledge flows: Direct evidence from Italy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Driffield, Nigel; Love, James H.; Menghinello, Stefano
• 署名单位: Aston University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.57
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 350-359
• 关键词: technology transfer; knowledge spillovers; technology sourcing

摘要

This paper examines the determinants of technology transfer between parent firms and their international affiliates, and of knowledge spillovers from those affiliates to host-country firms. Using a unique data set of foreign multinational enterprise (MNE) affiliates based in Italy, we find that affiliate investment in R&D and investment in capital-embodied technology plays a significant role in determining the nature of intra-firm technology flows. However, the basis for any spillovers arising from MNE affiliates does not originate from codified knowledge associated with R&D, but rather from the productivity of the affiliate. Journal of International Business Studies (2010) 41, 350-359. doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.57