The present study provides some empirical evidence for the export spillover effect examining the case of an emerging market economy, namely India, using firm level data for the period 1994-2006. We disentangle different spillover channels, namely the demonstration effect, the imitation effect...

The paper aims at investigating the role that one country's position in the international trade network has in attracting knowledge and technology flows to it. By referring to "indirect" Research and Development (R&D) spillovers, we argue that not only is this position responsible for the number...

In recent years FDI inflows towards transition countries have progressively increased, further stimulated by the entrance of some countries in the European Union. Traditional theoretical studies predict that foreign-owned companies serve as a very important source of technology transfer and...