Technological capability of foreign and West German investors in East Germany

Arbeitspapier

Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role for countries or regions in the process of economic catching-up since it is assumed – among other things – that FDI brings in new production technology and knowledge. This paper gives an overview about the development of FDI in East Germany based on official data provided by the Federal Bank of Germany. The investigation also includes a comparison of FDI in East Germany to Central East European countries. But the main focus of the paper is an analysis of the technological capability comparing majority foreign and West German owned firms to majority East German owned firms. It shows that foreign and West German subsidiaries in East Germany are indeed characterized by superior technological capability with respect to all indicators looked at (product innovation, research & development, organizational changes etc.).

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IWH Discussion Papers ; No. 189/2004

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: Direktinvestition ; Technologie ; Investition ; Innovation ; Industrielle Forschung ; Auslandsniederlassung ; Ausländisch ; Neue Bundesländer ; Alte Bundesländer

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Günther, Jutta
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
• (wo): Halle (Saale)
• (wann): 2004

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/23726
• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-7371
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ