Developing country governments tend to favor joint ventures (JVs) over other forms of foreign direct investment, since they believe that local participation facilitates transfer of technology and marketing skills. This study assesses the potential of JVs for such transfers by comparing...

This study examines the impact of Poland's trade liberalization 1994-2001 on the industry wage structure. The liberalization was undertaken in preparation for Poland's accession to the European Union and was more pronounced in industries with larger shares of unskilled labor. Our analysis...

Books reviewed in this article: Leonard K. Cheng and Henryk Kierzkowski (eds.), Global Production and Trade in East Asia Jayashree Watal, Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing Countries Dalia Marin and Monika Schnitzer, Contracts in Trade and Transition: the Resurgence of Barter

This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to...

Integration into the production and marketing arrangements of multinational corporations may offer many benefits to transition economies that, after a long period of isolation, have liberalized trade and investment. The fragmentation of production offers a unique opportunity for producers in...