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La eficiencia productiva : cómo funcionan las fábricas
Ruffier, Jean - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633743
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The impact of technology transfer on employment and income distribution in developing countries : a survey of theoretical models and empirical studies
Piva, Mariacristina - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
negative consequences in developing countries. Examines empirical studies on the impact of technology transfer on productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967243
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Technology Transfer Within Multinational Firms and Its Impact on the Productivity of Scottish Subsidiaries
Siler, Pamela; Wang, Chengqi; Liu, Xiaming - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 1, pp. 15-25
SILER P., WANG C. and LIU X. (2003) Technology transfer within multinational firms and its impact on the productivity … generated in US parent firms is transferred to their Scottish affiliates in the form of productivity gains. Using a firm …-level panel data set, the empirical results show that the labour productivity growth of Scottish subsidiaries is positively linked …
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Institutional Inertia
Valderrama, Laura - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
We study the relative efficiency of outside-owned versus employee-owned firms and analyze implications for institutional change in a context of technological innovation. When decisions are made through majority voting, the vote on technology choice is used to influence the later vote on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528612
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Political Risk Aversion
Valderrama, Laura - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper studies the effect of individual uncertainty on collective decision-making to implement innovation. We show how individual uncertainty creates a bias for the status quo even under irreversible voting decisions, in contrast with Fernandez and Rodrik (1991). Blocking innovation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528646
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Domestic learning, international technology flows and the world market: new perspectives for the developing countries.
FC, Sercovich - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1988
Drawing on the experience of semi-industrialised countries in technological accumulation, discusses how developing countries can take better advantage of foreign technology. Considers in particular how domestic technological capabilities and skills can be mobilised.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966073
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On technology blending.
N, Rosenberg - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1986
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the blending of traditional technology and technological change in developing countries - argues that choice of technology should be compatible with labour intensive requirements and local level management and economic conditions; considers employment creation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967610
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Intellectual property rights, technology diffusion, and agricultural development: Cross-country evidence:
Spielman, David J.; Ma, Xingliang - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) has been extensively debated in the literature on technology transfers and agricultural production in developing countries. However, few studies offer cross-country evidence on how IPRs affect yield growth, for example, by incentivizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132711
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The Economic Impact of Technology Transfer in Developing Countries
Piva, Mariacristina - In: Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali 112 (2004) 4, pp. 433-469
The aim of this paper is to offer an updated survey of theoretical models and empirical studies analysing the impact of technology transfer in developing countries. The transfer of technology from developed to developing countries depends on trade liberalization and internationalization of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010786826
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Die Bedeutung von Patentschutz für den Technologietransfer in Entwicklungsländer : Erfahrungen der chemischen Industrie in Südkorea, Malaysia und Chile im Vergleich
Röhm, Thomas - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Bedeutung von Patentschutzfür den Technologietransfer von Industrie- in … Entwicklungsländer. Für den technologischen Wandel in Entwicklungsländern hat Technologietransfer eine hohe Bedeutung, seine genauen …
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