relationship between technology intensity and vertical integration from a simple incomplete contracts model. Then, we investigate … find that the technology intensities of downstream (producer) and upstream (supplier) industries have opposite effects on … measures of technology intensity, with alternative estimation strategies, and with or without controlling for a number of firm …

development of national productivity. As technology is also embodied in human capital, the paper empirically investigates the … that international labour movement transfer technology across borders in both directions: from donor countries to host … country’s capacity to learn from a foreign technology base, and that small countries tend to benefit more from foreign R …

relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we …We assess long-run patterns of global agricultural productivity growth between 1970 and 2005 and examine the … employ a Solow-type growth accounting method to decompose output growth into input and TFP growth. For technology capital we …

We evaluate the contribution of investment on education to Sri Lanka’s economic growth during the period 1959 … through a quality adjusted human capital stock measure. The returns to investment in education are positive but significantly … investment in physical capital cannot produce any sizable positive externalities. The war has had the expected negative effect on …

valuation methods when facing risky technology investments or ventures. Indeed ?real option thinking? - the managerial … when faced with the uncertain future of technology investments. Notwithstanding this we argue that traditional decision … tree analysis methods are preferred to ROV techniques when valuing technology investments that contain ?real options?. Our …

the World Bank which provided the funding necessary to commercialize the new technology. The venture’s implementation … commercialize technology for the rural poor and the positive impact on this greatly disadvantaged population. …