liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …

Over the past two decades multinational firms from high-technology industries have increasingly relied on outsourcing … firm (RBV) and develop hypotheses claiming that outsourcing of production will not result in the outsourcing of … of the sample firms has not been affected by the ongoing outsourcing activities. The empirical observation gives rise to …

This paper undertakes econometric analysis of innovation, learning, and exporting in automobiles and electronics firms … in China using a large-scale 2003 dataset to identify the most appropriate innovation proxy. Drawing on recent literature … on innovation and learning in developing countries, it tests two alternative proxies: (i) a technology index (TI) to …

in its size. Nonetheless, exports as a share of GDP and the stock of foreign direct investment remain below that of other … to focus innovation policies on raising the participation of small and medium enterprises in innovative activities. …