Technology Transfer by Multinational Firms: The Resource Cost of Transferring Technological Know-How
Reprinted from The Economic Journal 87 (June 1977), 242–261.
The findings described in this paper resulted from research undertaken for my Ph.D. dissertation, "The Multinational Corporation and the Resource Cost of International Technology Transfer" (Ballinger, Cambridge, Mass., 1976). The trenchant comments of Professor Edwin Mansfield were much appreciated during all phases of the study. My particular gratitude goes to the participating firms, without whose co-operation this paper would not have been possible. I should also like to acknowledge the financial support provided for this study by the National Science Foundation, under a grant to Professor Edwin Mansfield of the University of Pennsylvania.
The following sections are included:
Introduction
Technology Transfer and the Production of Knowledge
The Sample
Definition of Technology Transfer Costs
Transfer Costs: Data and Hypotheses
The Level of Transfer Costs
Technology/Transferor Characteristics
Transferee and Host Country Characteristics
Determinants of the Cost of International Technology Transfer: Tests and Results
The Model
Statistical Tests: Phase I
Statistical Tests: Phase II
Defferences between International and Domestic Technology Transfer
Conclusion
References
