Several studies analyzed the importance of absorptive capacity (AC) to achieve economic development. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study compares the building blocks (BBs) of AC between developed and emergent economies. This paper aims to identify and analyze the impact of the BBs on...

According to previous studies, Brazil’s rapid growth in recent years was environmentally costly. Amidst many challenges, CO2 emissions intensity (i.e., CO2 per unit of GDP) levels are rising, and the country seems to face technological stagnation. One path towards sustainable development...

Multinational companies (MNCs) are influenced by their home country institutions. But how does the interaction between home country and host region institutions affect human development in countries with significant regional disparities? To address this question, we collected a unique dataset of...