This paper studies the origins and consequences of international technology gaps. I develop an endogenous growth model … where R&D efficiency varies across countries and productivity differences emerge from firm-level technology investments. The … theory characterizes how innovation and learning determine technology gaps, trade and global income inequality. Countries …

This paper examines how product market competition affects firms' timing of adopting a new technology as well as …. When goods are differentiated enough, adoption occurs later than it is socially optimal. -- technology adoption …

these gains derive from a concurrent effort to raise worker skills and adopt more advanced technology, suggesting a skill … bias in technological innovations. We develop a simple theoretical model of foreign ownership featuring technology …

intensive countries reduce domestic R&D effort, in favour of an increase in foreign technology transfers, which suggests … complementarities in the knowledge assets of the MNE and the target firm as a reason for FDI. In contrast, consistent with technology … ; acquisition FDI ; knowledge complementarities ; technology sourcing …

We study how incentives for North-South technology transfers in multinational enterprises are affected by labour market … institutions. If workers are collectively organised, incentives for technology transfers are partly governed by firms' desire to … curb trade union power. This will affect not only the extent but also the type of technology transfer. While skill …

-friendly technologies and encourages technology transfer. The CDM has provided financial support for a large share of Chinese wind projects …

This paper explores the possibility of international technology transfer in lieu of trade in a model with absolute and … comparative advantage. Countries having absolute advantage in producing a good may offer that technology to a possible trading … partner against a fee and both the countries might gain. Thus, gains from trade might be dominated by gains from technology …

Firm-to-firm relationships in global value chains create opportunities for North-South technology diffusion. This paper … studies technology transfer in value chains when contracts are incomplete and input production technologies are imperfectly … imitation of its supplier’s technology. In inclusive value chains, where imitation is beneficial, the headquarters firm promotes …

This paper studies the causal effect of technology and knowledge transfers on early industrial development. Between … that receiving both Soviet technology and know-how had large, persistent effects on plant performance, while the effects of …