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Trust and technology transfers

Garc�a-Vega, Mar�a; Huergo, Elena

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Elena Huergo



Abstract

Research and development is largely done by multinationals (MNEs) that transfer technology to their foreign subsidiaries. Trust might be an important determinant of the governance of technology transfers because trust can reduce the dependence of the subsidiary on the headquarters. We empirically investigate how widely held perceptions of the trustworthiness of the host economy influence international technology transfers that subsidiaries receive from their business group or from other international providers. We use firm-level data on R&D imports from foreign subsidiaries operating in Spain for the period 2005 to 2012, and a Eurobarometer measure of trust between citizens of European countries. We find that subsidiaries that belong to MNEs from countries with higher trust in Spaniards have fewer technology transfers within the business group and more from international market channels than subsidiaries from countries with lower trust in Spaniards. Our results support predictions of transaction cost economics about how technology transfers are organized.

Citation

García-Vega, M., & Huergo, E. (2017). Trust and technology transfers. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 142, 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.07.029

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 25, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 29, 2017
Publication Date Oct 31, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 26, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jan 30, 2019
Journal Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Electronic ISSN 0167-2681
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 142
Pages 92-104
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.07.029
Keywords Trustworthiness, technology transfers, R&D imports, heterogeneous firms
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/890467
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016726811730207X
Contract Date Jul 26, 2017

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