We explore the role of intraand extra-regional product-specific capabilities in the introduction of local discoveries—products new to the firm and to its local market—by Turkish manufacturing firms. We find that product discoveries in a NUTS3 region are favoured by their technological proximity to the product mix of co-located foreign firms. Proximity to co-located domestic firms and local imports does not play any role. The high intensity of local discoveries in novel and exclusive capabilities which foreign affiliates bring into the local economy drives our findings. Finally, we show that the importance of knowledge spilling from foreign affiliates depends on their insidership in the local market, on their product-specific knowledge advantage and on local firms’ absorptive capacity.

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本地发现和技术相关性：跨国公司、进口和国内能力的作用

我们探讨了区域内和区域外的产品特定能力在土耳其制造公司引入本地发现（公司及其本地市场的新产品）方面的作用。我们发现 NUTS3 区域的产品发现因其与位于同一地点的外国公司的产品组合的技术接近性而受到青睐。靠近位于同一地点的国内公司和本地进口产品没有任何作用。外国子公司为当地经济带来的新颖独特能力的本土发现推动了我们的发现。最后，我们表明外国子公司知识溢出的重要性取决于它们在当地市场的内部情况、特定产品的知识优势和当地公司的吸收能力。