US foreign investments: Technology transfer, relative backwardness, and the productivity growth of host countries

Benzaim, Samia; Ftiti, Zied; Khedhaouria, Anis; Djermane, Rebai

doi:10.1016/j.qref.2021.03.012

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“…(2023) confirm this ambiguity. The findings of Wang (2010) and Benzaim et al. (2023) suggest that FDI may not promote domestic R&D, as it provides foreign turnkey technology rather than promoting a local technology ecosystem, contrary to the claims of international technology transfer theory.…”

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“…However, Wang (2010) shows that this theoretical stance is still contested by the empirical literature, which points to nonconsensus conclusions on the nature of the link between technology flows from abroad and domestic investment in R&D. Currently, Benzaim et al (2023) confirm this ambiguity. The findings of Wang (2010) and Benzaim et al (2023) suggest that FDI may not promote domestic R&D, as it provides foreign turnkey technology rather than promoting a local technology ecosystem, contrary to the claims of international technology transfer theory. And thirdly, measures leading to better institutional quality, such as intellectual property protection, including patent rights, result in a higher proportion of patent holders within a market, thus creating barriers to entry for imitators, which in turn increases R&D investment as firms seek to expand their market share and ultimately generate more revenue (Wang, 2010; Je si c and Jak si c, 2020), although innovation capabilities can be improved when regulations are flexible, as bureaucracy can be a barrier to innovation processes (Falk, 2006;Alam et al, 2019).…”

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“…Through the transmission of technology via FDI, policymakers and their decisions can concern themselves more with investment in domestic R&D, since their primary imports are largely conditioned by human capital and technology (Falk, 2006). However, Wang (2010) shows that this theoretical stance is still contested by the empirical literature, which points to nonconsensus conclusions on the nature of the link between technology flows from abroad and domestic investment in R&D. Currently, Benzaim et al (2023) confirm this ambiguity. The findings of Wang (2010) and Benzaim et al (2023) suggest that FDI may not promote domestic R&D, as it provides foreign turnkey technology rather than promoting a local technology ecosystem, contrary to the claims of international technology transfer theory.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Investigating the relationship between women's entrepreneurship and country-level innovation: evidence from a panel of OECD countries

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et al. 2023

IJEBR

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PurposeIn recent years, the topic of women's entrepreneurship has gained increasing attention from researchers and policymakers. Its role in economic growth and development has been widely recognized in several studies. However, the relationship between gender in entrepreneurship and innovation is an underexplored aspect in particular at a country-level perspective. This paper aims to answer the following question: Does female entrepreneurship impact innovation at a national level?Design/methodology/approachUsing a panel dataset of 35 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries over the period 2002–2019, the authors carried out a comprehensive econometric analysis, based on the fixed-effect model, the random-effect model and the feasible generalized least squares estimator, as well as a battery of tests to prevent problems of multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation of the error terms. In doing so, the authors found consistent and robust results on the linear and nonlinear relationship between women's entrepreneurship and innovation, using selected country indicators from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) consortium, the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) and the World Development Indicators (WDI), including female self-employment, female nascent entrepreneurship and R&D investment and controlling for the same relationships in the case of men's entrepreneurship.FindingsThis study shows that the level of R&D investment, which according to the literature can be considered as a proxy of innovation, is higher when the level of women's entrepreneurship is low. However, exploring more in depth this relationship and the relationship between male entrepreneurship and innovation, the authors found two important and new results. The first one involves the different impact on R&D investment of female self-employment and female nascent entrepreneurship. In particular, female self-employment appears to have a linear negative impact on the R&D, while the impact of female nascent entrepreneurship is statistically nonsignificant. The second one affects the nonlinearity of the negative effect, suggesting that very different challenges are possible at different levels of women's entrepreneurship. In addition, analyzing the role of human capital in the relationship between R&D investment and women entrepreneurship, it emerges that higher education (as the main component of human capital) makes early-stage women's entrepreneurship more technologically consuming, which promotes R&D investment. A higher level of education lessens the significance of the negative relationship between the simplest type of women entrepreneurship (female self-employment) and R&D investment.Originality/valueThe originality of the study is that it provides new evidence regarding the link between women's entrepreneurship and innovation at the macro level, with a specific focus on self-employed women entrepreneurs and early-stage women entrepreneurship. In this sense, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is among the few showing a nonlinear relationship between women's entrepreneurship and country-level innovation and a negative impact only in the case of female self-employment. Moreover, this study has relevant implications from a policymaking perspective, in terms of promoting more productive women's entrepreneurship.

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confidence: 99%

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“…Overall, evaluating potential markets for technology transfer opportunities involves careful analysis of several key factors to ensure a strong value proposition for viable markets and potential customers. The evaluating a technology transfer opportunity requires consideration of several criteria, including market potential [40][41][42], intellectual property protection [47], technical feasibility [27], financial feasibility [17][18][19], and commercialization strategy [48][49][50]. By carefully evaluating these factors, technology transfer opportunities can be effectively evaluated and commercialized.…”

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Evaluation framework for facilitating the technology transfers of universities: Focusing on the perspective of technology donors

Hong,

Cha,

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PLoS ONE

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Technological innovation and preoccupation with new markets through technological innovation have become critical factors in achieving success in the global market. Currently, companies cannot develop and commercialize all technologies. Therefore, the importance of technology transfers is rapidly increasing. Technology transfer is a crucial strategy adopted by organizations to remain innovative and competitive. However, Korea’s technology transfer rate is only 37.9%. In particular, the technology transfer rate from universities to companies is lower than that from government-funded research institutes in Korea. Although the fundamental approach for resolving barriers to technology transfer have been studied, previous research has been conducted from a narrow definition of technology transfer. Furthermore, previous research has focused on analyzing the success factors of technology transfer, presenting technology transfer processes, or conducting case studies. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a technology donor diagnosis framework based on CSFs (Critical Success Factors) to eliminate obstacles to technology transfers. To lower the barriers to technology transfers, it is necessary to develop a strategy for a successful technology transfer based on the diagnosis of technology donors. This study develops a diagnosis framework for universities from the perspective of technology donors, implements and tests the framework using case studies, and proposes strategies for each stage of technology transfer growth. The framework is able to assess multidimensional perspectives, because CSFs and PMs were extracted based on BSC. Furthermore, by comparing the perspectives score of technology donors in different universities, technology donors can identify the areas in which each university is lacking in its current situation. Multidimensional diagnosis and aggregation score of technology donors offer to extract optimal CSFs for technology transfer activation for each growth stage.

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Country-of-origin effects on technology transfer in foreign direct investment

Chan,

Har,

Kanapathy

et al. 2023

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development

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US foreign investments: Technology transfer, relative backwardness, and the productivity growth of host countries

Cited by 5 publications

References 81 publications

Investigating the relationship between women's entrepreneurship and country-level innovation: evidence from a panel of OECD countries

Investigating the relationship between women's entrepreneurship and country-level innovation: evidence from a panel of OECD countries

Evaluation framework for facilitating the technology transfers of universities: Focusing on the perspective of technology donors

Country-of-origin effects on technology transfer in foreign direct investment

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