Foreign Employees as Channel for Technology Transfer: Evidence from MNCs Subsidiaries in Mexico

This paper studies the role of foreign employees as a channel for technology transfer in multinational companies. We find that foreign employees are a channel for technology transfer within high-tech MNCs. Further, the reliance of MNCs on foreign employees is U-shaped in terms of institutional quality. Link to the article

SANTACREU VASUT, E. and TESHIMA, K. (2016). Foreign Employees as Channel for Technology Transfer: Evidence from MNCs Subsidiaries in Mexico. Journal of Development Economics, 122, pp. 92-112.

Keywords : #Employés-étrangers, #Entreprises-multinationales, #IED, #Institutions, #Transfert-de-technologie