international production networks, on which growth in manufacturing has become increasingly dependent in the contemporary world …

developing world, it is believed that there is need for strict quality specification and enforcement within the country in the …

Although knowledge spillovers are at the core of the innovation policy’s justification, they have never been properly …

This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and …

This research sheds light on the role of product scope on the innovation activity of multinational multi-product firms …. We use patent citation data to break down innovation into two types by measuring the degree to which innovation performed … focus on two features in multinational production: (i) fundamental innovation is geographically more difficult to transfer …

-country differences in the efficiency of foreign technology absorption and indigenous innovation lead to cross-country divergence in the … undertaking indigenous innovation tends to gain a higher level of energy productivity. …

abatement outsourcing are highlighted, qualifications and refinements of the theory of vertical integration are then proposed …, and some consequences for environmental policy are briefly discussed. -- Eco-industry ; Make-or-buy Decision ; Outsourcing …