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Determinants of FDI Spillover in the Kenyan Manufacturing Industry: Firm-Level Evidence

Gachino, Geoffrey G. - In: International Journal of Business and Economics 10 (2011) 3, pp. 235-255

Technological spillovers from foreign direct investment and their determinants and impacts in a host country¡¦s growth process are some of the most widely debated issues in development economics. The proponents of endogenous growth theory and evolutionary economics contend strongly that...

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Labour standards and technological upgrading: competitive challenges in the global football industry

Nadvi, Khalid - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 4 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 235-257

Football manufacturing is a billion dollar industry heavily dominated by major global brands. Over the past 15 years there have been significant changes in the geographies of production with China consolidating its position as the number one football producer taking market share from Pakistan,...

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Internal and external sources of tacit knowledge : evidence from the Chinese optical fibre and cable industry

Fu, Xiaolan; Li, Jizhen; Johnson, Martin - In: Journal of Chinese economic and business studies 9 (2011) 4, pp. 383-399

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Foreign direct investments as an engine of technological change in Malaysia: the role of social interactions

Jonas, Manja - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 164-186

understanding of inter-firm-level processes of technological learning from FDI is still rather limited. This study attempts to shed … extent of social relations underpinning backward linkages and analyses the role of social interaction in technological … learning from FDI. From a dynamic social learning perspective of technological change FDIs and local firms are conceptualised …

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Innovation determinants in emerging economies: an empirical study based on an innovation survey data in Tunisia

Koouba, Karim; M'henni, Hatem; Gabsi, Foued - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 3, pp. 205-225

This study has been implemented using data drawn from the first innovation survey conducted in Tunisia in 2005 for years 2002, 2003 and 2004. We use this comprehensive dataset to uncover main determinants of innovation in Tunisian firms by applying an exploratory tentative logistic regression....

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National system of innovation and technological learning: an integrated framework for understanding technological capability development in the Russian forestry sector

Thomas, Ekaterina; Vaidya, Kirit - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 2 (2009) 4, pp. 294-313

One of the issues in the innovation system literature is examination of technological learning strategies of laggard …, National Systems of Innovation (NSI) and technological learning literature. Although both literatures yield insights on catch …

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National system of innovation and technological learning: an integrated framework for understanding technological capability development in the Russian forestry sector

Thomas, Ekaterina; Vaidya, Kirit - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 2 (2009) 4, pp. 294-313

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Sources of learning paths and technological capabilities: an introductory roadmap of development processes

Cimoli, Mario; Porcile, Gabriel - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 18 (2009) 7, pp. 675-694

This paper aims at building bridges between evolutionary microeconomics and the structuralist theory of economic development, trying to combine both approaches in a systematic way. It is suggested that reducing the technology gap requires persistent supply side efforts for adapting and improving...

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Why Japan and Korea lead the USA and Europe in broadband

Fransman, Martin - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 1 (2007) 1, pp. 112-124

Data on broadband performance shows that Japan and Korea are significantly ahead of the USA and Europe. Korea is by far the global front-runner in terms of broadband penetration. However, Japan is the global leader in terms of speed, price and diffusion of advanced technology (specifically...

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Latecomer strategies for catching-up: the cases of renewable energies and the LED programme

Mathews, John A. - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 1 (2007) 1, pp. 34-42

to view the development process through the prism of 'technological learning' and the institutions of technology leverage …

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