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Technological Asymmetry Among Foreign Investors and Mode of Entry

How does the preferred entry mode of foreign investors depend on their technological capability relative to that of their rivals? The authors develop a simple model of entry mode choice and evaluate its main testable implication using data on fore...

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Main Authors: Saggi, Kamal, Smarzynska Javorcik, Beata
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
JOINT VENTURES
TECHNOLOGIES
COMMODITY MARKETS
MARKETING TECHNIQUES ASSETS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
COMMON PROPERTY
COMPANY
COMPETITORS
CONSUMERS
COURNOT COMPETITION
DECISION-MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIVERSIFICATION
DIVERSIFIED COMPANIES
DUOPOLY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FIRM SIZE
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FOREIGN SALES
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPORTS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR COSTS
LEGISLATION
MARGINAL COST
MARKET ENTRY
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
POLICY MAKERS
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PURCHASING POWER
SUPPLIERS
TAX RATES
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TOTAL OUTPUT
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/3207944/technological-asymmetry-among-foreign-investors-mode-entry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14789

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/3207944/technological-asymmetry-among-foreign-investors-mode-entry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14789

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