List of Tables vii List of Figures ix Acknowledgements xi List of Abbreviations xii 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Motivation of the topic 1 1.2. Setting the research agenda: the technological aspect of the ̀developmental role of inward manufacturing FDI' 5 1.3. Conceptual framework for the analysis 12 1.4. Empirical evidence of inward FDI into Central East Europe 23 1.5. Structure of the book 32 2. The Database Used in the Empirical Analysis 35 2.1. The development of the IWH FDI Micro Database 36 2.2. The basic population for the IWH FDI Micro Database 37 2.3. Survey sampling and implementation 39 2.4. Survey representativeness of the two IWH FDI Micro Database waves 41 2.5. Survey questionnaires 43 3. Foreign Direct Investment Motives and the Match with Locational Conditions in Central East Europe 45 3.1. Current state of the art in research 46 3.2. The data used for the analysis 49 3.3. Strategic motives of foreign investors investing in Central East Europe 50 3.4. Summary of main results 65 4. Conditions of Internal Technology Transfer and Spillovers between Foreign Investors and Foreign Affiliates in Central East Europe 68 4.1. The current state of the art in research 69 4.2. The ̀role in the network' and absorptive capacity: a two-dimensional concept 77 4.3. The data used for the analysis 81 4.4. Characterisation of foreign affiliates in CEE within the two-dimensional concept 83 4.5. Summary of main results 89 5. Central and East European Innovation Systems as Knowledge Sources for Foreign Affiliates' Own Technological Activity in CEE 91 5.1. Internationalisation of technological activity in transnational corporations 93 5.2. The current state of the art in research 97 5.3. The data used for the analysis and testable hypotheses 112 5.4. The importance of the host innovation system for foreign affiliates' own technological activity 116 5.5. Summary of main results 140 6. Foreign Affiliates as Knowledge Source for Host Regional Innovation Systems in CEE 145 6.1. The current state of the art in research 147 6.2. The data used for the analysis and testable hypotheses 157 6.3. The importance of foreign affiliates for technological activity in the host innovation system 161 6.4. Summary of main results 175 7. The Role of Intellectual Property Rights for Technology in FDI into CEE 177 7.1. The current state of the art in research 181 7.2. The data and methods used in the analysis 188 7.3. Hypotheses development and empirical testing 193 7.4. Summary of main results 201 7.5. Annex (complete econometric test results) 203 8. Conclusions on the Technological Role of FDI into CEE 215 8.1. Conditions for inward FDI in CEE to have a developmental impact via technology 216 8.2. The research programme -- some vital ingredients into a future research agenda 226 Annexes 233 9.1. The questionnaire for the 2006-2007 wave 233 9.2. The questionnaire for the 2008-2009 wave 244 Notes 256 References 269 Index