Assessing the foreign control of production of technology: The case of a small open economy |
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Authors: | Michele Cincera Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie Veugelers Reinhilde |
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Affiliation: | (1) Brussels University (ULB), DULBEA, CEPR, DULBEA-CERT CP140, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium;(2) Brussels University (ULB), Solvay Business School, CEB, DULBEA and CEPR, Brussels (Belgium);(3) K.U. Leuven, CEPR, EC, Leuven (Belgium) |
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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. |
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