TY  - JOUR
AU  - Blomstrom,Magnus
AU  - Kokko,Ari
AU  - Zejan,Mario
TI  - Host Country Competition and Technology Transfer by Multinationals
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4131
PY  - 1995
Y2  - March 1995
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4131
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4131.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Magnus Blomstrom
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Stockholm School of Economics
Post Office Box 6501, Sveavagen 65
S-113 83 Stockholm
 SWEDEN
Tel: 46-8-7369265
Fax: 46-8-313017
E-Mail: magnus.blomstrom@gmail.com

Ari Kokko
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Stockholm School of Economics
S-113 83 Stockholm, SWEDEN
E-Mail: ako.int@cbs.dk

Mario Zejan
AB  - This paper examines whether rivalry in host country markets may force multinational films to increase the technology transfer to their foreign affiliates. Such technology flows should be interesting from the perspective of the host country and its firms, since they would increase the potential for "spillovers". Using detailed (unpublished) industry data from Mexican manufacturing industry we find that indicators for local competition are positively related to the technology imports of foreign owned affiliates. The effects appear to be strong in consumer goods industries, which suggest that foreign multinationals are especially sensitive to the local market environment when barriers to entry in the form of complex technology or high capital requirements are relatively low.
ER  -