We develop a theoretical model to investigate how backward societies can improve their upgrading capabilities by transforming existing industrial agglomerations into dynamic clusters. Our main assumptions are two: first, emerging market economies are not uniform but characterized by variety of...

This article uses a unique research design to statistically analyze how a firm's public-private network can shape its upgrading capabilities. Such a network includes a firm's ties to other firms as well as to associations, cooperatives, schools, and publicly supported institutions that aim to...

Advancing the ability of emerging market small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) to learn, absorb new technologies, and grow is one of the greatest challenges in economic development and to theories of knowledge transfer. This chapter analyzes the mechanisms that can facilitate or impede the...