innovation for competitive reasons. This article focuses on the link between artificial intelligence and international business …

call technology shifters (economic factors). We use several composite technology indices based on appropriate combinations … of the external economic factors which are indicators of different aspects of technology. These technology indices are … specific external economic factors. Furthermore, the technology shifters allow for non-neutral and biased shifts in TC. We also …

further predicts that the induced adoption of automation technology should be more pronounced in industries that rely more on … aging are ambiguous when technology responds to demographic change, but we should expect productivity to increase and labor …

. At a time, existence of extend causal relationships between technology diffusion and general economy performance is …

-output tables, we examine the role of Global Value Chains (GVCs) for technology diffusion across EU countries. Our empirical results … provide support for a two-stage diffusion process of technology across countries. In the first stage, the most productive … firms in the host economy benefit from their direct exposure to new technology created in parent firms as a result of their …

international technology diffusion, trade, cross-country productivity differences, financial development and fluctuations. In many … such applications, a key role is played by complementarities in the process of innovation. …

, Taiwan and China have indeed achieved substantial catch-up towards the technology frontier. In the case of Korea and Taiwan … cases strengthened, its position as the world technology frontier …

This chapter discusses different approaches pursued to explore three broad questions related to technology diffusion … drivers of technology?; and what are the macroeconomic consequences of technology? We prioritize in our discussion unified … approaches to these three questions that are based on direct measures of technology. …