R&D and Technology Transfer: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Industry

Albert G. Z. Hu; Gary H. Jefferson; Qian Jinchang

doi:10.1162/003465305775098143

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R&D and Technology Transfer: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Industry

Albert G. Z. Hu¹; Gary H. Jefferson²; Qian Jinchang³

¹ National University of Singapore · ² Brandeis University · ³ National Bureau of Statistics of China

The Review of Economics and Statistics 2005

In bridging the technology gap with the OECD nations, developing economies have access to three avenues of technological advance: domestic R&D, technology transfer, and foreign direct investment. This paper examines the contributions of each of these avenues, as well as their interactions, to productivity within Chinese industry. Based on a large data set for China's large and medium-size enterprises, the estimation results show that in-house R&D significantly complements technology transfer—whether of domestic or foreign origin. Foreign direct investment, which we assume is an important channel of proprietary technology transfer, does not facilitate the transfer of market-mediated foreign technology.

DOI: 10.1162/003465305775098143
Volume: 87 (4)
Pages: 780-786
Language: en
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