Multinational Corporations and Patterns of Local Knowledge Transfer in Costa Rican High-Tech Industries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4925655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erika Giuliani (0000-0002-3813-1861, University of Pisa, corresponding author), Elisa Giuliani |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 385-407 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00485.x |
| OpenAlex | W2134960178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 45 |
Over recent decades, governments in industrializing countries have promoted policies to attract foreign investors, anticipating the benefits of technology transfer to host economies. During the 1990s, Costa Rica adopted an industrialization strategy based on attracting high-tech multinational companies (MNCs). Using an original survey of a sample of high-tech MNC subsidiaries, this article shows that the new wave of efficiency-seeking subsidiaries tend not to transfer knowledge to domestic firms even when they establish backward linkages with them. Instead, most of the knowledge transfer occurs between high-tech foreign subsidiaries. This has clear policy implications for host country governments
Business · Economic geography · Economics · High tech · Industrialisation · International trade · Knowledge transfer · Management · Market economy · Multinational corporation · Political science · Subsidiary · Technology transfer · Family Business Performance and Succession · Finance · Innovation and Knowledge Management · International Business and FDI
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |