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The choice between licensing and direct investment as a vehicle for international technology transfer is hypothesized to be related to characteristics of the individual technology, parent corporation, and the host country involved in the transfer. A set of hypotheses regarding these relationships are developed and tested in a logit statistical model for a sample of 1,226 technology transfers. We find that hypotheses regarding the effects of technology and parents characteristics are strongly supported by this analysis; hypotheses regarding the effect of host country characteristics on transfer patterns receive mixed support.
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*William H. Davidson is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. His most recent publications include Global Strategic Management (1982) and The Amazing Race (1984), both published by John Wiley and Sons.
**Donald G. McFetridge is a Professor of Economics at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He has written extensively in the area of R and D policies and recently collaborated with Mr. Davidson on “International Technology Transactions and the Theory of the Firm,” Journal of Industrid Economics, March 1984. Professor McFetridge is a research coordinator for the MacDonald Royal Commission on the prospects for the Canadian Economic Union.
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Davidson, W., McFetridge, D. Key Characteristics in the Choice of International Technology Transfer Mode. J Int Bus Stud 16, 5–21 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490448
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490448