Importance of International Linkages for Local Know-How Flows: Some Econometric Evidence From Belgium

Bruno Cassiman and Reinhilde Veugelers

No 2337, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: External knowledge is an important input for the innovation process of firms. Increasingly, this knowledge is likely to originate from outside of their national borders. This explains the preoccupation of policymakers with stimulating local technology transfers coming from international firms. We find that firms that have access to the international technology market are more likely to transfer technology to the local economy. In doing so, we qualify the traditional assertion that multinational firms are more likely to transfer technology to the local economy. Once controlled for the superior access to the international technology market that multinationals enjoy, we find that these firms are not more likely to transfer technology to the local economy compared to exporting or local firms that have access to the international technology market. In summary, the main result of this paper is that it is not so much the international character of the firms, but rather their access to the international technology market that is important for generating external knowledge transfers to the local economy.

Keywords: Access To International Know-How; Local Transfers Of Know-How; Multinationals; Technology Transfer Channels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 F23 L16 O23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-12
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