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Using panel data on Indian firms from 1974-75 to 1981-82, we provide estimates of the
impact on output of Indian firms' R&D expenditures, their technology purchases, and …

Using Taiwanese firm‐level data, we confirm that foreign direct investment and R&D have a
positive impact, or spillover effect, on productivity. Furthermore, labour quality, firm size …

Providing a broadly based survey of existing knowledge of the important emerging
phenomenon of internationalized research and development operations by multinational …

This paper employs Probit and Tobit models to analyse the determinants of probability of
undertaking R & D activity and the intensity of R & D expenditures for a sample of 291 Indian …

Recent research on the economic payoff from new technology has emphasized the
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In an increasingly globalizing and knowledge-based world economy, the declining
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This paper analyzes the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on innovation
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The entry of foreign firms in India since the reforms forces domestic firms to undertake R&D
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