The current global economy is being transformed into a knowledge-based economy where continuous updating of technology and improving firm's technological capabilities are of major concern. As technologies capabilities go up, it translates into better performance. Malaysia was on track towards...

We use a new data set for European manufacturing firms to assess whether a short term technological convergence process has been taking place among manufacturing firms in seven European countries. The empirical analysis aims to study the effects of international co-operative R&D on short term...

This paper studies the effects of FDI liberalization on domestic downstream firms’ technology upgrading through two main mechanisms. Domestic final good producers might benefit from horizontal and vertical FDI technological spillovers. These effects can be unequal across domestic firms...

This research analyzes innovation in Peru, one of the fastest growing economies in South America. The research focuses on how absorptive capacity, the degree of importance of sources of information, and technological acquisition help companies in the manufacturing sector to improve technological...