Global integration and technology transfer

Author(s)

• Hoekman, Bernard M.
• Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska

Bibliographic Information

Global integration and technology transfer

edited by Bernard Hoekman and Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

（Trade and development series）

World Bank, c2006

• : softcover
• : hardcover

Other Title

Global integration & technology transfer

Note

"A copublication of Palgrave Macmillan and the World Bank"

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: softcover ISBN 9780821361252

Description

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 on this central issue for development.

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.ServTHETAn

Volume

: hardcover ISBN 9780821363713

Description

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.

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

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA77229799
• ISBN:
  • 0821361252
  • 0821363719
• LCCN: 2005043451
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, DC
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 346 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HF1418.5
  • DC22 : 337.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : International economic integration
  • LCSH : International trade
  • LCSH : Investments, Foreign -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Technology transfer -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Industrial productivity -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Developing countries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA64494196