The paper focuses on how localised external, economies of scale created by knowledge spillovers, encourage industrial agglomeration and cause uneven technological development internationally.

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are important in transmitting technology across national borders. Not only do they allow for transfer of technology within the firm, but it is also believed that they are important channels for international R&D spillovers as well. This paper analyzes empirically...

Empirical evidence suggests that there are important spillovers as-sociated with the operations of multinational enterprises. Spillovers may occur when less advanced, local firms learn from their more ad-vanced, foreign competitors. But less advanced firms may also actively seek knowledge by...

Using matched worker/plant level data for Norway, trade and technology explanations for the change in skill composition are assessed using direct evidence on the job creation and destruction for workers with high, medium and low education level. In order to disentangle the supply and demand...