product devoted to investment in computers, telecommunications equipment, and software rose sharply after 1995. The …

markets. One of the distinguishing features of the R&D globalization phenomenon is its concentration within the software … three important phenomena: (1) the globalization of R&D, (2) the growing importance of software and IT to firm innovation … large quantities of STEM workers who possessed IT and software skills. Our findings support the view that the globalization …

, and the effects of different investment profiles on total factor productivity growth on Dutch firm-level data. We estimate … an integrated model of investment profile adoption and total factor productivity growth. We find that the three … investment decisions are complementary, in the sense that investing in one increases the probability of investing in another one …

United States, I find no econometric evidence that computer investment is positively linked to TFP growth (over and above its …

and structural factors, including trade in business services and foreign direct investment (FDI), using simple descriptive … by variables included in the model. In particular, net outward manufacturing FDI, ICT investment, and the relative size …

Despite the major advances in information technology that have shaped the recent wave of globalization, openness to … suggests that a particular threat and a limiting factor to globalization and its future developments may be militarist …

variety of tests for world financial capital market integration ranging from the correlation of saving and investment …

In the presence of lumpy investment cost of adjustment, globalization may have non-conventional effects on the level of … investment and its cyclical behavior. Trade openness may lead to a discrete 'jump' in the level of investment, as it may trigger … a discrete change in the terms of trade. Such a shift creates a sizeable boost in aggregate investment. But trade …

variety of tests for world financial capital market integration ranging from the correlation of saving and investment …