Returnee entrepreneurs, knowledge spillovers and innovation in high-tech firms in emerging economies

Research Note—Business Value of Information Technology: Testing the Interaction Effect of IT and R&D on Tobin's Q

“…Hence, we observe that our use of two types of estimation methods (i.e., random effects and the system GMM estimation models) allows us to evaluate the robustness of our results and their sensitivity to different types of estimation methodologies. Our system GMM estimation procedure for panel data follows prior research in the innovation and IT productivity literature (Liu et al 2010(Liu et al , p. 1190Aral et al 2012, p. 12).…”

Connections to distant knowledge: Interpersonal ties between more- and less-developed countries

“…Returnees' knowledge of countries at different levels of technological and economical development allows them to act as a bridge between those different worlds, and the evidence is that they can act as sources of potentially useful knowledge, not only in their former host but also in their home countries (Saxenian & Hsu, 2001;Vang & Overby, 2006). Subsequent research confirms that returnees facilitate knowledge transfer (Filatotchev, Liu, Buck, & Wright, 2009), and also that their presence is positively correlated with innovation in the less-developed country (Liu, Lu, Filatotchev, Buck, & Wright, 2010). Saxenian (2006) also coined the term "argonaut" to refer to people constantly traveling back and forth between their home and an adopted country.…”

“…Many of those expatriates or emigrants are highly skilled, and research like that of Saxenian (2005) and Liu et al (2010) documents the positive impact of so-called returnees, that is, migrants who subsequently return to their home country. But many migrants do not return to their country of origin, and the potential contribution of compatriots living abroad is not yet well understood.…”

Institution, Internationalization and Innovation: Three Papers on Penetration of Emerging-Market Multinational Enterprises into Developed Markets

“…Parent firms may engage in different types of activities to facilitate knowledge transfer. First, they may engage in personnel exchanges by sending parent-firm researchers to the subsidiaries on a regular basis, or transferring researchers in the subsidiaries to parent firms (Filatotchev, Liu, Buck, and Wright, 2009;Gorg, Strobl and Walsh, 2005;Liu and Buck, 2007;Liu, Lu, Filatotchev, Buck, and Wright, 2010). Such direct, frequent interactions between employees in the subsidiaries and the parent companies contributes to development of shared language of communication, which is critical for transfer of tacit and complex knowledge (Grant, 1996;Kogut and Zander, 1993;Lyles and Salk, 1996).…”