Transfer Of Soft Technology Via FDI: Case Studies Of Us And Japanese Firms In India

Abstract

This paper looks into the transferability of management technologies and spillovers through backward linkages through the medium of FDI to the host developing countries. The results of the case studies conducted in the Indian context reveal that significant inter-source country differences exist in the transfer of production organisation and human resource related technology to FDI firms. The benefits that the host country derives from technology transfer through FDI, depend to a large extend on the behavioral pattern of FDI which varies across source-countries