Learning from abroad: Export versus foreign ownership

Kadri Männasoo and Heili Hein

No 36, TUT Economic Research Series from Department of Finance and Economics, Tallinn University of Technology

Abstract: Companies engaged in innovation and research and development (R&D) are often engaged in business on an international scale and their success is critically dependent on international R&D networking and the ability to absorb new knowledge. Foreign ownership, joint ventures and trade are among the channels that enable companies to learn from abroad. This brief analysis aims to describe these learning patterns and look for associations between R&D engagement and foreign interactions. Using data from eleven Central and Eastern European countries for the years 2007-2009 and 2012-2014 reveals that exporting is the only foreign channel that has a clear positive relationship with R&D engagement.

Date: 2017-08-31
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