This working paper shows China's technological advance, its basis in using foreign technology combined with its own manpower resources, and its clever integration of regional ambitions with national policies and programs. It also indicates an emerging global rivalry as China moves towards a...

Technology transfer from foreign firms has been important to economic growth in developing countries. To spur technology transfer, emerging market policymakers often mandate joint ventures (JVs) between foreign and domestic firms. Through knowledge spillovers, JVs should reduce the cost of...

Patenting in software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence has grown rapidly in recent years. Such patents are acquired primarily by large US technology firms such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, and HP, as well as by Japanese multinationals such as Sony, Canon, and Fujitsu. Chinese...

This paper examines three software and/or information technology enabled services (ITES) industries - two in the early stages of development (in the People's Republic of China [PRC] and the Philippines) and one mature one (in India). Being latecomers to offshoring work, the PRC and the...

This paper examines three software and/or information technology enabled services (ITES) industries - two in the early stages of development (in the People's Republic of China [PRC] and the Philippines) and one mature one (in India). Being latecomers to offshoring work, the PRC and the...

The Information Technology Agreement (ITA), a pluri-lateral trade agreement, seeks to accelerate and deepen the reduction of trade barriers for the critically important information and communication technology (ICT) industry. ITA thus provides an interesting case study of how tariff reduction...

This paper examines three software and/or information technology enabled services (ITES) industries - two in the early stages of development (in the People's Republic of China [PRC] and the Philippines) and one mature one (in India). Being latecomers to offshoring work, the PRC and the...

Purpose – Ride-sharing is an economical, convenient, and environment-friendly way to travel. Robotaxi, which reflects the two themes ”ride-sharing + self-driving”, is in the “going public” stage. Therefore, pre-research on public willingness to use robotaxi is of great significance for...

Gegenstand der vorliegenden Studie sind die institutionelle und quantitative Entwicklung von Internet und E-Commerce in China sowie die Analyse resultierender ökonomischer Effekte und ihrer Transformationsriemen. In methodischer Hinsicht basieren die Analysen auf drei komplementären Ansätzen....