The impact on development of technology and knowledge transfer in Chinese MNEs in sub-Saharan Africa: The Ghanaian case

Osabutey, Ellis L.C.; Jackson, Terence

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119725

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“…Although, people who already had initial qualification conditions had more significant advantages concerning unskilled labor [18,28]. However, Osabutey and Jackson [29] established that globalization is not significant for human capital in Ghana due to the barriers created by the absence of technology policies and knowledge enhancement. Likewise, Li et al [12] pointed out that the effect of globalization on human capital is negative, including educational assistance, skills, and performance.…”

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Heterogeneity in the Causal Link between FDI, Globalization and Human Capital: New Empirical Evidence Using Threshold Regressions

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Human capital formation in developing countries is a policy instrument to promote economic progress. In recent decades, FDI can act as a mechanism for transmitting human capital in the context of highly globalized countries. Extensive literature indicates that the formation of human capital is one of the most effective mechanisms for promoting structural change in countries. This research examines the causal link between FDI flows, globalization, and knowledge. This relationship is moderated by the index of electoral democracy, employment in agriculture, rent from natural resources, export diversification, and fertility. We employ a set of threshold regressions based on the idea that FDI levels will be significant and permanent as long as FDI transmits knowledge to recipient countries from a substantial level of FDI. The results show a threshold effect in the electoral democracy index and foreign direct investment at the global level and high- and upper-middle-income countries. In addition, we found a threshold effect for the electoral democracy index in the East Asia Pacific regions and the Middle East and North African countries. There is a threshold effect in East Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America in FDI. Based on the results, policymakers should promote FDI and electoral democracy flows above the threshold to encourage the transfer of human capital in the countries analyzed.

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“…The absence of technology transfer requirements (Zanello et al, 2015;Osabutey and Jackson, 2019) or deregulatory locational competition in the form of granting concessions to MNEs is unlikely to benefit the host country (Suyanto, Salim and Bloch, 2009;Bwalya, 2006;López, 2005). To facilitate structural transformation, host government policies should encourage inward IFDI to serve economic and development objectives, emphasising a strong investment promotion strategy 3 and local capacity building (Kohpaiboon, 2006;Javorcik, 2015;Ghauri, Fu and Väätänen, 2017).…”

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Multinational enterprises and structural transformation in emerging and developing countries: A survey of the literature

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Hou

2021

International Business Review

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“…Universities are the source of knowledge generation and the place for gathering knowledge and innovation [13][14][15], and with the rich output of academic research and development, the sources of Taiwan's industrial technology transfer expand to every university in Taiwan. The primary purpose of technology transfer is to let the technology be allocated to the right places and make it bring the most beneficial result [16][17][18][19]. If a university's R&D results can be effectively transformed into technology that industries need, society will benefit considerably [20,21].…”

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Evaluating the Intertwined Relationships of the Drivers for University Technology Transfer

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2021

Applied Sciences

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Universities are the best places to gather knowledge and innovation, but the basis of technological development lies in talented R&D personnel who provide services to enterprise R&D activities, research institutions, and universities. Universities also gather many elites who cultivate talent for the country. However, universities do not have adequate technology transfer experience and do not network in industrial circles, which results in a huge gap between the concept and the practical result. This research determined the critical success factors and explored the causal relationships influencing the technology transfer from universities. We found that the main impact of the key factors was the technology market dimension. University technology transfer activities had to be classified as top priority. Technology industrial applicability was the main key evaluation factor, along with inventor attitude. In the organizational culture dimension, the attitude and ability of top management were the main evaluation factors. We attempted to draw upon our analysis results to make recommendations related to technology transfer to assist universities in successfully transferring their research results.

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The impact on development of technology and knowledge transfer in Chinese MNEs in sub-Saharan Africa: The Ghanaian case

Cited by 27 publications

References 62 publications

Heterogeneity in the Causal Link between FDI, Globalization and Human Capital: New Empirical Evidence Using Threshold Regressions

Heterogeneity in the Causal Link between FDI, Globalization and Human Capital: New Empirical Evidence Using Threshold Regressions

Multinational enterprises and structural transformation in emerging and developing countries: A survey of the literature

Evaluating the Intertwined Relationships of the Drivers for University Technology Transfer

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