This paper analyzes the effects of 3D printing technologies on the volume of trade and on the structure of FDI. A … techniques. At this stage international trade stays unaffected. Finally, at later stages, with 3D printing machines being widely … used, further technological progress in 3D printing leads to a gradual replacement of international trade. Empirical …

, FIEs) in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, based on a large-scale survey of ICT firms conducted …

highly dynamic, multi-technology and globally distributed industry it is a challenge to identify and quantify its appearance … in cluster types, but also enables the estimation of models to identify at least some of the critical factors in … factors in photovoltaic cluster's innovation development is new. The analysis exemplifies the currently increasing scientific …

Northern firms with patented technology can export goods to Southern markets and incur tariff costs or choose FDI and … technologies. We also show that a more effective technology does not necessarily require a longer patent protection to induce FDI …

/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both …; and facilitate payments. We evaluate the role of technology in South African fresh fruit and selected processed food value …

study how the development of specialized upstream technology suppliers improves access and lowers investment costs for …, the greater is the number of technology suppliers that operate in the first world. A major contribution of this paper is … that we identify an important and understudied mechanism through which technology is made available, with beneficial …

With the recent liberalization of technology flows, changes in the pattern of domestic invention can be expected in … & D and past licensing are prime contributors to innovative success. A firm's experience with technology licenses not only …

It will be shown in this paper that unemployment rate due to technology use in production has an optimum (maximum) at a … critical point of technology use. For any technology use lower than this critical level the unemployment rate increases as … technology use increases, while the opposite takes place if technology use increases beyond this critical level. This paper …