A research proposal for investigating the effect of foreign direct investments on technology transfer in the Arabian Gulf (GCC)

Tahat, Kaher and Whelan, Susan (2015) A research proposal for investigating the effect of foreign direct investments on technology transfer in the Arabian Gulf (GCC). In: International Conference on Integrated Information, IC-ININFO 2014 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Integrated Information :. AIP Conference Proceedings . American Institute of Physics Inc., ESP, pp. 193-198. ISBN 9780735412835

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Abstract

In terms of hosting countries perspectives, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) could have a positive effect on its developing economy, by transferring, both: resources of finance in addition to the international technology (ITT) (Choi, 1997). Multinational companies (MNC) are engaging in the transferring of the new technology, internally as well as licensing older one; they create "Spillover" (Knowledge) for facilitating the transfer of ITT in line with geographical location, period of investment, and the type of industry. Furthermore, the effect of these spillovers depends on the level of transferring this knowledge based on FDI attraction policies of the host country (Huang, 2009). Considering the Arabian Gulf council countries (GCC) as "FDI-rich hosting countries", who are not seeking for financial resources, i.e., they already have a huge financial capacity for funding their different projects, even though FDI has been powerfully presented in GCC. They saw noticeable increases in FDI inflows beginning in 2002, (www.unctad.org.fdistatistics). Therefore by assumption, FDI inflows to GCC could positively affect their economic growth through transferring the advanced technology, in order to build up their level of technology (productivity growth) as well as their economic diversification strategy. If so how this Knowledge could be diffused and measured in order to maximize its benefit and enhancing the productivity growth, and what is the current status of (GCC).

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Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2022 23:15
Last Modified:	01 Aug 2023 16:05
URI:	http://repository-testing.wit.ie/id/eprint/4862

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