A comparative analysis of the innovation performance between foreign subsidiaries and owned domestic firms in Colombian manufacturing sector

This paper analyzes the innovation performance of foreign subsidiaries compared to domestic owned firms using a firm level dataset of Colombian manufacturing firms. The results show that foreign subsidiaries are superior in knowledge production over domestic firms and this superiority is because the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Albis, Nadia, Álvarez González, Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/18834
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18834
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:F23
O31
D22
Colombia
Innovation
Internationalization
Manufacturing Industry
Multinationals
Subsidiaries.
Desarrollo económico
Economía internacional
Microeconomía
5307.03 Modelos y Teorías del desarrollo Económico
5307.04 Estudios del desarrollo Económico
5310 Economía Internacional
5307.15 Teoría Microeconómica
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Sumario:This paper analyzes the innovation performance of foreign subsidiaries compared to domestic owned firms using a firm level dataset of Colombian manufacturing firms. The results show that foreign subsidiaries are superior in knowledge production over domestic firms and this superiority is because they make a more intensive use of internal and external knowledge inputs. However, when foreign subsidiaries are compared with national exporting companies the gaps in innovation performance is not as wide. Our findings can be seen as a new contribution that hightlights how the links between innovation and firm’s internationalization define a relevant relationship, important also for developing contexts.