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The impact of greenfield FDI and mergers and acquisitions on innovation in Chinese high-tech industries

Xiaohui Liu and Huan Zou

Journal of World Business, 2008, vol. 43, issue 3, 352-364

Abstract: Using panel data analysis, this paper investigates the impact of international technology spillovers on innovation in Chinese high-tech industries through greenfield foreign direct investment, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and trade. We report that foreign greenfield R&D activities by multinational corporations in a host country significantly affect the innovation performance of domestic firms and there exist both intra-industry and inter-industry spillovers from foreign greenfield R&D. There are only inter-industry M&A spillovers. We find that importing foreign technology and investing in domestic R&D have positive impacts on domestic innovation. The findings have important implications for theory, practitioners and policy-makers.

Keywords: Innovation; performance; Foreign; R&D; activities; Cross-border; M&As; Chinese; high-tech; industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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