Dr MARIA GARCIA-VEGA M.Garcia-Vega@nottingham.ac.uk
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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.
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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 |
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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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