Definition: Technological payments and receipts

Category: Foreign direct investment

Technological payments and receipts correspond to four types of transactions between countries:

1. Technology transfers (patents, unpatented inventions, licences linked to patents, know-how).

2. Transfers of design (sales, licences, franchises), trademarks and patterns.

3. Provision of technical services (technical and engineering studies, and technical assistance).

4. Provision of industrial R&D. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/OECD_Handbook on_Eco_Glob_Indicators.pdf