Overview

The importance of acquiring and adapting advanced foreign technologies for employment opportunities and economic growth in developing countries can scarcely be overstated. For 10 years the trade research group at the World Bank has undertaken outstanding and innovative empirical studies of the processes under which technology transfer occurs and its impacts on local economies. This volume brings together the fruits of this endeavour and offers a wealth of perspectives and timely information on this central issue for development. It should find a home on the bookshelves of all international development economists and technology specialists.

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Author:   World Bank Group ,  Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
Publisher:   World Bank Publications
Imprint:   World Bank Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.324kg
ISBN:  

9780821363713

ISBN 10:   0821363719
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   01 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; B.M.Hoekman & B.Smarzynska Javorcik - PART 1: LITERATURE SURVEYS - Modes of Technology Transfer at the Firm Level; H.Pack - Foreign Direct Investment, Linkages, and Technology Spillovers; K.Saggi - Plant- and Firm-Level Evidence on 'New' Trade Theories; J.Tybout - PART 2: FOREIGN TRADE AND PRODUCTIVITY - On the Quantity and Quality of Knowledge Diffusion: The Impact of Openness and Foreign R&D on North-North and North-South R&D Spillovers; M.Schiff & Y.Wang - The Knowledge-Content of Machines: A New View on North-South Trade and Technology Diffusion; G.B.Navaretti, M.Schiff & I.Soloaga - Exports and Economic Performance: Evidence from a Panel of Chinese Enterprises; A.Kraay - PART 3: FDI, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND PRODUCTIVITY - Foreign Investment and Productivity Growth in Czech Enterprises; S.Djankov & B.M.Hoekman - Technological Leadership and the Choice of Entry Mode by Foreign Investors; B.Smarzynska Javorcik - Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers through Backward Linkages; B.Smarzynska Javorcik - PART 4: INTERACTIONS AND COMPLEMENTARY POLICIES - Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data; A.Kraay, J.Tybout & I.Soloaga - Market Discipline and Corporate Efficiency: Evidence from Bulgaria; S.Djankov & B.M.Hoekman - Innovation in Mexico: NAFTA Is Not Enough; D.Lederman, W.F.Maloney & L.Serven

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BERNARD M. HOEKMAN, a CEPR (Centre for Economic and Policy Research) Research Fellow, is the World Bank's Research Manager of International Trade in the Development Research Group and Senior Economist in the Bank's International Economics Department, USA. A former member of the GATT Secretariat, he is the co-author of The Political Economy of the World Trading System: From GATT to WTO and co-editor of Turkey: Economic Reform and Accession to the European Union and Development, Trade and the WTO. BEATA SMARZYNSKA JAVORCIK is Senior Economist in the Trade Team of the

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