Policies to Encourage Inflows of Technology Through Foreign Multinationals

Magnus Blomstrom and Ari Kokko

No 4289, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Do host countries aiming to maximize the inflows of technology through foreign multinationals have any policy alternatives to formal technology transfer requirements and performance requirements? To answer this question, the present paper examines some possible determinants of the technology imports of U.S. majority-owned foreign affiliates in 33 host countries. The results show that the affiliates' technology imports increase with the host countries' domestic investment levels and education levels, but that various performance requirements are negatively related to technology transfer. This suggests that policies promoting local investment, competition, and education may sometimes be alternatives to direct controls and requirements.

JEL-codes: F23 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993-03
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Published as World Development Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 1-10, 1995.

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