Multi-location Firms as a Medium for the Geographic Diffusion of Knowledge
This thesis groups three papers examining the role of multi-location firms in the geographic diffusion of knowledge. The first chapter examines whether a firm's headquarters can tap into the knowledge pool in a remote location through FDI. Using U.S. patent data, I show that an R&D head...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/26349 |