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Measuring international technology spillovers and progress towards the European research area
Siedschlag, Iulia - 2009
evidence on the role of international technology spillovers on economic growth. Further, we discuss the transmission channels … of international technology spillovers and barriers to international technology diffusion. Next we turn to measuring … international technology diffusion. -- International technology spillovers ; Knowledge-intensive economy ; Absorptive capacity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898728
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Chapter 11 Externalities and Growth
Klenow, Peter J.; Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés - 2005
Externalities play a central role in most theories of economic growth. We argue that international externalities, in particular, are essential for explaining a number of empirical regularities about growth and development. Foremost among these is that many countries appear to share a common long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023776
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International Technological Spillovers and Economic Growth. The Italian Case
Marchionatti, Roberto; Usai, Stefano - 1999
mechanics of spillovers in the economic growth of nations. Unlike many previous studies, which are mainly cross-sectional, our … Italian growth has been and still is more related to external rather than internal spillovers; moreover, the extent of … external spillovers has shown some relevant changes throughout the years: aggregate (but not industrial) spillovers have slowed …
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Competition, Firm Innovation, and Growth under Imperfect Technology Spillovers
Jo, Karam; Kim, Seula - 2021
where multi-product firms do two types of innovation subject to friction in technology spillovers. Firms improve their … novel friction termed imperfect technology spillovers, which refers to friction in learning others' technology in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226722
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North-South Technology Spillovers : The Relative Impact of Openness and Foreign R&D
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2021
This paper examines the relative contribution of openness and the R content of trade to TFP growth for North-South trade-related technology diffusion. The measure of foreign R used in the literature on trade-related technology diffusion imposes identical contributions of openness and the R...
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Does Governance Impact on the Foreign Direct Investment-Growth Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Ajide, Kazeem Bello - 2015
The central question this paper sought to tackle was “does the quality of institutions matter for the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and economic growth?” Using macroeconomic data on 27 Sub Saharan African (SSA) economies and six distinct measures of governance the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024114
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A study on the impact of mobile telecommunication on the welfare of Sub Saharan african countries
Plambeck, Hauke Heinrich Friedrich - 2010
Africa: A continent is waking up. Not through aid or wealth from the exploitation of natural resources, but through a technological revolution. The access to affordable mobile telecommunication. Inspired by deregulation and pioneered by local champions who have taken a lead in what is today's...
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Asia Rising : Emerging East Asian Economies as Foreign Investors
Hill, Hal - 2011
This paper documents and analyzes the rise of emerging East Asian economies as major international investors. Foreign direct investment (FDI) from these economies is rising faster than their economic growth, trade, and inward FDI, and the region is by far the most important investor from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121495
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Growth and Innovation Strategies in Global Competition
Weitzel, Utz - 2013
This paper develops a simulation model of firm dynamics in global competition and analyzes multinational growth strategies and optimal coordination of innovative activities. It shows that growth and innovation strategies of operatively engaged headquarters (business or corporate) with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062037
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Catching Up or Leapfrogging? The Effects of Competition on Innovation and Growth
Encaoua, David - 2015
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the links between product market competition, innovation and growth. In a step-by step innovation model we explicitly introduce the distinction between knowledge and technology information flows. Patents protect their holders from being imitated or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029477