TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND R&D ACTIVITIES OF MULTINATIONAL FIRMS: SOME THEORY AND EVIDENCE

David Teece

Chapter 17 in The Transfer and Licensing of Know-How and Intellectual Property:Understanding the Multinational Enterprise in the Modern World, 2008, pp 369-404 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:INTRODUCTIONA THEORY OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISEIntroductionThe Economics of InternalizationVertical Integration Across National BoundariesMarkets for Know-how and the International Transfer of Technology by Multinational FirmsInternational Capital MarketsPotential Anticompetitive Consequences of Multinational EnterpriseVertically Integrated MultinationalsThe Horizontal Expansion of Multinational FirmsEvaluationTHE R&D AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES OF MULTINATIONAL FIRMSChoice of Technology Transfer ChannelTechnology Transfer to Overseas Subsidiaries by MNEs: Lead Time and Resource Cost ConsiderationsOverseas R&D by MNEsMNEs AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES RELATING TO THE CHOICE OF TECHNIQUEParadigm for Technology ChoiceLinkage Mechanisms: MNEs and the Indigenous Science Community in LDCsThe Contextual Framework: Economic Policies of LDCsCharacteristics of Decision-makersElements of an Agenda for Empirical ResearchDifferences Across MNEs: U.S.-Based vs. Japanese MultinationalsThe Indigenous R&D EstablishmentCONCLUSIONACKNOWLEDGMENTNOTESREFERENCES

Keywords: Technology Transfer; Royalties; Licensing; Cross Licensing; Intellectual Property; Multinational Enterprise; Research and Development; Foreign Investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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