Product Innovation, FDI and Export Participation: Micro-evidence from China (Old ID 23669)

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

This project intends to explore the inter-relationship between the presence of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic firms' product innovation and export participation. Using firm level dataset from China's manufacturing industries, the project seeks to answer the following questions: Does the presence of DI promote domestic firms' product innovation behaviour? If yes, to what extent? (2) Whether/to what extend does the FDI presence affect domestic firms' exporting participation? (3) Is it more likely for a firm with product innovation to participate in exporting? If yes, to what extent?

Date

01 Nov 2017 - 30 Dec 2018

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

product innovation;FDI;Export;China;Foreign Direct Investment

Funding Body

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

Amount

11541

Project Team

N/A