Almeida, RitaFernandes, Ana Margarida2012-06-182012-06-182006-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8354The authors analyze the role of international technological diffusion for firm-level technological innovations in several developing countries. Their findings show that, after controlling for firm, industry, and country characteristics, exporting and importing activities are important channels for the diffusion of technology. They also find evidence that the majority of foreign-owned firms are significantly less likely to engage in technological innovations than minority foreign-owned firms or domestic-owned 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. This finding supports the idea that equity joint ventures maximize technology transfers to local firms.CC BY 3.0 IGOADAPTATION OF TECHNOLOGIESADVANCED TECHNOLOGIESADVANCED TECHNOLOGYCITIESCODESCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCOMPETITORSCOMPONENTSCONTINUOUS CHANGECREATIVE DESTRUCTIONCROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCEDATA COLLECTIONDIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGEDOMESTIC FIRMSDOMESTIC SUPPLIERSE-MAILELECTRONICSELECTRONICS INDUSTRYENGINEERINGEQUIPMENTEXISTING KNOWLEDGEEXTERNAL KNOWLEDGEFDIFIRM PERFORMANCEFIRM-LEVEL SURVEYSFOREIGN BUYERSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN KNOWLEDGEFOREIGN MARKETSFOREIGN OWNERSHIPFOREIGN PARTICIPATIONFOREIGN SUPPLIERSFOREIGN TECHNOLOGYFOREIGN-OWNED FIRMFOREIGN-OWNED FIRMSGLOBAL MARKETSGROWTH THEORYHUMAN CAPITALIDEAIDEASINNOVATIONINNOVATION INPUTSINNOVATION SURVEYSINNOVATIVE FIRMSINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT CLIMATEKNOWLEDGE BASEKNOWLEDGE DIFFUSIONKNOWLEDGE FRONTIERLEARNINGMANUFACTURING FIRMSNEW PRODUCTNEW TECHNOLOGIESNEW TECHNOLOGYPRODUCT INNOVATIONPRODUCTION PROCESSESPRODUCTION TECHNIQUESPRODUCTIVITYPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSSCIENTISTSSMALL FIRMSTECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIESTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGETECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONSTECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGETECHNOLOGICAL SOPHISTICATIONTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTTECHNOLOGY LICENSINGTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERSWORKFORCEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3985