Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer

This paper examines the welfare effects of foreign direct investment, focusing on the asymmetric technological transfers and innovation efforts among different entry modes of FDI, such as greenfield FDI and cross-border M&A. Traditionally, greenfield FDI has been preferred by developing host cou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young-Han Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2008-06-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2008.12.1.185