Cet article se propose de décrire les flux et stocks d’investissement directs en Chine, entrants et sortants, et de tenter d’apprécier ce qu’ils pourraient révéler du processus de développement actuel. Il tend à montrer notamment les difficultés que ce pays rencontre à acquérir...

Based on the example of the automobile and electronics sector in China, the article examines the technological learning of companies in China and the way it is influenced by industrial policy. Companies have consolidated their production capacity and technological learning but are rarely in the...

This paper aims to analyse, through the nature and the evolution of clusters, the specific features of the Chinese development model, in relation with FDI and the public accompanying policies that have been implemented. Three types of clusters can be distinguished according to a chronology that...

This paper aims to analyse the role of the main determinants of the R&D activity of Tunisian manufacturing enterprises with the help of a probit model. The findings show that channels of technological transfer such as export, FDI and technological alliances, influence the R&D activity of...

Cet article se propose d’étudier l’impact de l’investissement direct étranger de plateforme d’exportation sur la production industrielle locale. L’influence de ce type d’investissement est vue à travers l’effet de concurrence et les retombées technologiques. Le modèle...

In this paper, we deal with the process of internationalisation of R&D activities. In particular, we focus our study on the factors explaining the localisation of multinational corporations’ (MNC) foreign direct investment in R&D. Firstly we set out evidence regarding the recent trends of the...