Out of passivity: potential role of OFDI in IFDI-based learning trajectory

This study discusses how outward foreign direct investment (FDI) can complement the inward FDI-based technological capability-building process, through an analysis of the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation case. When a firm is upgrading its technological capability, outward FDI can allow learn...

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Main Authors: Nam, Kyung-Min (Contributor), Li, Xin (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press, 2014-09-12T18:06:31Z.
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