THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN R&D ACTIVITIES ON THE MNC'S PERFORMANCE AT HOME: EVIDENCE FROM THE CASE OF SWISS MANUFACTURING FIRMS

This paper examines the impact of the MNCs' internationalisation of R&D activities on their performances/productivity at home. Specifically, using detailed firm-level data for Swiss manufacturing firms, we find that foreign R&D activity of Swiss MNCs is a valuable source of knowledge wh...

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Published inRevue d'économie industrielle no. 143; p. 11
Main Authors Hamida, Lamia Ben, Piscitello, Lucia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brussels Editions De Boeck Superieur 01.07.2013
Subjects
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Competitive advantage
Econometrics
Economic impact
Foreign subsidiaries
Globalization
Host country
Hypotheses
Impact analysis
Industrial development
Innovations
International business
Investment
Knowledge
Manufacturing
Multinational corporations
Productivity
R&D
Research & development
Research & development expenditures
Technology transfer
Switzerland
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Summary:This paper examines the impact of the MNCs' internationalisation of R&D activities on their performances/productivity at home. Specifically, using detailed firm-level data for Swiss manufacturing firms, we find that foreign R&D activity of Swiss MNCs is a valuable source of knowledge which improves their productivity performance at home, but only when firms invest in knowledge-seeking activities. Conversely, R&D activities conducted abroad with knowledge-exploiting purposes seem to weaken the MNC's productivity at home.
ISSN:0154-3229
1773-0198