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developing countries (South) through its impact on innovation, market structure and technology transfer. In a North-South trade … environment, the South sets its IPR policy strategically to manipulate multinationals' decisions on innovation and location. Firms … stimulates innovation by pushing multinationals to deter entry in high-technology sectors. …
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A developing country may attract foreign direct investment (FDI) for (1) technology transfer that increases local firm profits or for (2) wage premiums that benefit workers. The two never occur together but if the country can attract FDI, it is guaranteed either the technology transfer or the...
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We construct an oligopoly model in which a multinational firm has a superior technology compared to local firms. Workers employed by the multinational acquire knowledge of its superior technology. The multinational may pay a wage premium to prevent local firms from hiring its workers and thus...
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developing countries (South) through its impact on innovation, market structure and technology transfer. In a North-South trade … environment, the South sets its IPR policy strategically to manipulate multinationals’ decisions on innovation and location. Firms … stimulates innovation by pushing multinationals to deter entry in high-technology sectors. …
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Foreign-owned subsidiaries make significant contributions to national Research and Development (R&D) in many host countries. Policymakers often support subsidiaries through R&D grants and R&D tax credits. A key objective of this funding is to leverage R&D-driven firm performance benefits for the...
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trade for manufacturing and innovation. From a global welfare perspective, trade expansion could reinforce the diffusion of … innovation. Developing countries and especially emerging economies could thus reap significant gains for industrial manufacturing … and innovation. But whether this really happens is an empirical question. This chapter compares the contrasting …
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We construct an oligopoly model in which a multinational firm has a superior technology compared to local firms in the host country. Workers employed by the multinational acquire knowledge of its superior technology and can spread their knowledge to host firms by switching employers. The...
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This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering … show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect of FDI on domestic innovation when the intellectual property …
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This paper estimates the impact of two productive development programs (PDPs) in Costa Rica: PROPYME and CR Provee. The first seeks to increase the capacity of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to innovate, and the second aims to increase backward linkages between Costa Rican SMEs and...
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liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …
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