Lost in Translation: Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers
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- Tobias Schmidt & Wolfgang Sofka, 2005. "Lost in Translation - Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as Barriers to Knowledge Spillovers," Industrial Organization 0512012, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Keywords
Liability of foreignness; knowledge spillover; globalisation; trivariate probit;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INO-2007-02-17 (Innovation)
- NEP-KNM-2007-02-17 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
- NEP-NET-2007-02-17 (Network Economics)
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