Key Characteristics in the Choice of International Technology Transfer Mode

W H Davidson and Donald McFetridge
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W H Davidson: University of Virginia

Journal of International Business Studies, 1985, vol. 16, issue 2, 5-21

Abstract: The choice between licensing and direct investment as a vehicle for international technology transfer is hypothesized to be related to characteristics of the individual technology, parent corporation, and the host country involved in the transfer. A set of hypotheses regarding these relationships are developed and tested in a logit statistical model for a sample of 1,226 technology transfers. We find that hypotheses regarding the effects of technology and parents characteristics are strongly supported by this analysis; hypotheses regarding the effect of host country characteristics on transfer patterns receive mixed support.© 1985 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (1985) 16, 5–21

Date: 1985
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