Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17805 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1250
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper develops a two-tier oligopoly model in which the entry of a multinational firm results in technology transfer to its local suppliers and also impacts the degree of backward linkages in the local industry. The model endogenizes the multinational's choice between anonymous market interaction with its suppliers and contractual relationships with them under which the multinational transfer technology to its suppliers who in turn agree to serve the multinational exclusively. The multinational's entry under an exclusive contract has a de-linking effect that can reduce the degree of competition among suppliers thereby leading to a decline in the level of backward linkages and local welfare. With its emphasis on the supply-side effects of the multinational's entry on local industry, this paper complements existing studies of backward linkages that focus more on demand-side effects.
Subjects: 
Multinational Firms
Backward Linkages
Vertical Technology Transfer
Exclusivity
JEL: 
O19
F23
L13
O14
F12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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