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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

dc.contributor.author Almeida, Rita
dc.contributor.author Fernandes, Ana Margarida
dc.date.accessioned 2012-03-30T07:33:26Z
dc.date.available 2012-03-30T07:33:26Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Its findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological innovations than minority foreign-owned firms or domestic firms. The authors interpret this finding as evidence that the technology transferred from multinational parents to majority-owned subsidiaries is more mature than that transferred to minority-owned subsidiaries. Their findings also suggest that foreign-owned subsidiaries rely mostly on the direct transfer of technology from their parents and that firms that import intermediate inputs are more likely to acquire new technology from their machinery suppliers. en
dc.identifier.citation Journal of Development Studies
dc.identifier.issn 00220388
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5561
dc.language.iso EN
dc.relation.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.subject Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140
dc.subject Multinational Firms
dc.subject International Business F230
dc.subject Technological Change: Choices and Consequences
dc.subject Diffusion Processes O330
dc.title Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys en
dc.title.alternative Journal of Development Studies en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.type Article de journal fr
dc.type Artículo de revista es
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 47
okr.journal.nbpages 701-727
okr.language.supported en
okr.peerreview Academic Peer Review
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okr.volume 44
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