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Innovation ; Knowledge Externalities ; Localized Knowledge Spillovers ; Knowledge Diffusion ; Tacit Knowledge …
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This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the arguably unambiguous net benefits of the...
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This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the arguably unambiguous net benefits of the...
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This paper investigates the geographic extent of foreign direct investment (FDI) technology spillovers and diffusion in … spatial dimensions of FDI spillovers. Our empirical results show that FDI presence (measured as employment share) in a … location. Nevertheless, these negative intra-regional spillovers are found to be locally bounded. Domestic private firms enjoy …
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We examine the foreign direct investment (FDI) spillover effects in developing countries and investigate the importance of the absorptive capacity of a firm and a country in realizing and facilitating FDI spillover. We use data obtained from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys for 107...
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The paper examines the foreign direct investment (FDI) spillover effects in developing countries and investigates the importance of the absorptive capacity of a firm and a country in realizing and facilitating FDI spillover. It uses data obtained from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys for 107...
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knowledge and technology spillovers to local firms. One way how FDI speeds up growth is that it facilitates the manufacturing of … sophistication and spillovers from FDI. We then explore different channels through which spillovers from multinationals to local … Indian firms foster the manufacturing of sophisticated products. We find evidence that spillovers through supplier linkages …
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We examine the extent to which foreign R&D satellites of multinational firms act as a medium for the international diffusion of knowledge. Using patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, we compare the frequency with which headquarters patents are cited by third-party firms in...
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