Assessing the foreign control of production of technology: The case of a small open economy.

Autor/inn/en	Cincera, Michele; van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno; Reinhilde, Veugelers
Titel	Assessing the foreign control of production of technology: The case of a small open economy.
Quelle	In: Scientometrics, (2006) 3, S.493-512 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0138-9130
DOI	10.1007/s11192-006-0036-x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Firm; Foreign Ownership; Multinational Enterprise; Small Open Economy; European Patent Office
Abstract	Summary International R&D activities have grown significantly over the last two decades. Both the number of actors involved, as well as the importance of the technological activity carried out abroad, has considerably increased. We aim to quantify the international generation of knowledge for the case of Belgium, using indicators based on EPO and USPTO patent data (1978-2001). We distinguish among Belgian applicants, affiliates of foreign firms located in Belgium as well as Belgian based firms with affiliates abroad. This approach allows to improve existing indicators of internationalisation of technology based on patent data. The results are consistent with what can be expected for a small open economy as Belgium. A large part of patents with Belgian inventors are assigned to Belgian affiliates of foreign firms. Hence our more complete indicator of foreign ownership gives a substantially higher foreign control of Belgian inventors. Relatively more knowledge generated by Belgian inventors flows out of the country towards foreign owners of technology, than that knowledge generated abroad is owned by Belgian patent applicants. But the share of foreign inventors to Belgian assigned patents is considerably increasing over time, especially in the subcategory of Belgian firms with foreign affiliates.
Erfasst von	OLC
Update	2023/2/05