Lessons from empirical research on international technology diffusion through trade and foreign direct investment / Bernard Hoekman and Beata Smarzynska Javorcik -- Econometric versus case study approaches to technology transfer / Howard Pack -- Foreign direct investment, linkages, and technology spillovers / Kamal Saggi -- Plant- and firm-level evidence on "new" trade theories / James R. Rybout -- On the quantity and quality of knowledge / Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang -- The knowledge content of machines / Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Maurice Schiff, and Isidro Soloaga -- Exports and economic performance / Aart Kraay -- Foreign investment and productivity growth in Czech enterprises / Simeon Djankov and Bernard Hoekman -- Technological leadership and the choice of entry mode by foreign investors / Beata Smarzynska Javorcik -- Does foreign direct investment increase the productivity of domestic firms? / Beata Smarzynska Javorcik -- Product quality, productive efficiency, and international technology diffusion / Aart Kraay, Isidro Soloaga, and james R. Tybout -- Market discipline and corporate efficiency / Simeon Djankov and Bernard Hoekman -- Innovation in Mexico / Daniel Lederman and William F. Maloney.
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This text advances our understanding of the importance of technology diffusion through trade and foreign direct investment in a range of developing and transition economies.
Global integration and technology transfer.
Industrial productivity-- Effect of technological innovations on-- Developing countries.