• Multinationals’ mode of entry with presence of vertical spillovers 

      Balsvik, Ragnhild (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-02)
      Multinationals’ mode of foreign expansion may depend on whether or not they expect technological externalities or spillovers to generate new competition. Existing models where ex-post spillovers affect the ex-ante entry ...
    • R&D, strategic investment and multinational choice 

      Pires, Armando José Garcia (Working paper, Working paper, 2005-06)
      We analyse the influence of strategic R&D investment on the firms’ mode of foreign expansion: export versus multinational. Strategic investment allows a firm, not only to improve its own level of productive efficiency (as ...