Mode of Foreign Entry, Technology Transfer, and Foreign Direct Investment Policy / Aaditya Mattoo, M. Olarreaga, Kamal Saggi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mattoo, Aaditya, author.

Olarreaga, M., author.

Saggi, Kamal, author.

Series:

Policy research working papers ; Number 2737.

Policy research working papers ; Number 2737

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (31 pages).

Other Title:

Policy research working paper vol. 2737

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2001.

Summary:

When technology transfer is costly, a foreign firm and host country government may differ in their preferences over direct entry and acquisition. Government intervention could help induce the socially preferred choice. Foreign direct investment can take place through the direct entry of foreign firms or the acquisition of existing domestic firms. Mattoo, Olarreaga, and Saggi examine the preferences of a foreign firm and the host country government with respect to these two modes of foreign direct investment in the presence of costly technology transfer. The tradeoff between technology transfer and market competition emerges as a key determinant of preferences. The authors identify the circumstances in which the choices of the government and the foreign firm diverge-and in which domestic welfare can be improved by restrictions on foreign direct investment that induce the foreign firm to choose the socially preferred mode of entry. This paper-a product of Trade, Development Research Group-is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the determinants of trade in services in developing countries. The authors may be contacted at amattoo@worldbank.org, molarreaga@worldbank.org, or ksaggi@mailsmu.edu.

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Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-2737