Understanding the way in which knowledge is technically produced and transferred, and how its diffusion path can be … relevant literature so far has paid less attention investigating the microeconomic link between knowledge transfer and … knowledge diffusion in a comprehensive approach. The aim of this paper is to highlight the link between knowledge transfer …

Under the world dollar standard, a discrete appreciation by a dollar creditor country of the United States, such as … China or Japan, has no predictable effect on its trade surplus. Currency appreciation by the creditor country will slow its …-growth and low-growth economies, as between Japan and the U.S. from in 1950 to 1971 and China and the U.S. from 1994 to 2005 …

experience of Japan. Exchange rate appreciation, or the threat of it, causes macroeconomic distress without having any …

the importance of adoption externalities and knowledge spillovers inherent in the introduction of ICT. The results show …

We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to adapt their … Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We find an inverted u-shape of innovation off-shoring on the effectiveness … of organizational adaptability, implying an optimal threshold value of innovation off-shoring. This value is 11% for …

characteristic for their competitive environment. This is particularly the case for knowledge-intensive service providers, product …

This study examines how industry-specific managerial experience affects firms' innovation performance in the context of … providing knowledge about how to cope with institutional shortfalls potentially hampering the commercial success of new products. …

This paper examines how foreign-owned and domestically owned firms transform innovation into employment growth. The …, reveals important differences between the two groups: Due to general productivity increases and process innovation, foreign … innovation are larger for foreignowned firms. Together with employment-stimulating effects stemming from existing products, they …