Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Belderbos, René
Author-Email: rene.belderbos@econ.kuleuven.be
Author-Workplace-Name: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, UNU-MERIT,
	 and University of Maastricht
Author-Name: Ito, Banri
Author-Email: ito-banri@rieti.go.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Economy Trade and Industry (RIETI)
Author-Name: Wakasugi, Ryuhei
Author-Email: wakasugi@kier.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research
Title: Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates:
	 Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms
Abstract: 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.
Classification-JEL: F23, O32, O33 
Keywords: R&D, technology transfer, multinational firms 
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2008
Number: 2008-045
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2008/wp2008-045.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2008045