The impact of foreign R&D activities on the MNC’s performance at home: evidence from the case of Swiss manufacturing firms

Lamia Ben Hamida, Lucia Piscitello

Résumé :
International audience
Multinational corporations (MNCs) are increasingly considered to be the main conduit of new technologies between countries. It is generally assumed to possess the advanced technology (production technology, marketing and management technique, etc.) they tend to exploit in many host countries and, consequently, other firms, particularly the host country’s, expect to learn from this technology so as to get the necessary strength to face the foreign competition.
Mots-clés : Internationalization of R&D, Knowledge Seeking R&D, Knowledge Exploiting R&D, Productivity, Internationalisation de la R&D, recherche des connaissances, exploitation des connaissances, productivité
Date de publication : 2013-12
Type de document : Article dans une revue
Affiliation : Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO)
Source : hal-03470182

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Lamia Ben Hamida, Lucia Piscitello, « The impact of foreign R&D activities on the MNC’s performance at home: evidence from the case of Swiss manufacturing firms », ERIEP, 2013-12. URL : https://hal.science/hal-03470182