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To verify the effects of technology information sharing between Korean parent firms and their foreign subsidiaries on the latter's technology development capability, technology introduction capability, and technology innovation performance, the study proposes a research model and provides a survey of 195 foreign subsidiaries in the manufacturing sector. Data was analyzed using a structural equation model. The effects of technology development capability were empirically verified through mediating effects of technology introduction capability and technology innovation performance with Sobel test. According to the results, technology information sharing between Korean parent firms and their foreign subsidiaries had a significant effect on the latter's technology development capability, technology introduction capability, and technology innovation performance. The results have practically important implications for firms interested in strengthening the competitiveness of manufacturing subsidiaries and suggest fundamental data for prioritizing strategic decision making on increasing their technology capability by verifying the mediating effect of technology development capability.