UID:
edocfu_9958114501202883
Format:
xix, 346 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-44747-8
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9786610447473
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0-8213-6126-0
Series Statement:
Trade and development series
Content:
The importance of international technology diffusion (ITD) for economic development can hardly be overstated. Both the acquisition of technology and its diffusion foster productivity growth. Developing countries have long sought to use both national policies and international agreements to stimulate ITD. The ?correct? policy intervention, if any, depends critically upon the channels through which technology diffuses internationally and the quantitative effects of the various diffusion processes on efficiency and productivity growth. Neither is well understood. New technologies may be embodied
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Lessons from Empirical Research on International Technology Diffusion through Trade and Foreign Direct Investment; Figures; Part I LITERATURE SURVEYS; Tables; Part II FOREIGN TRADE AND PRODUCTIVITY; Part III FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND PRODUCTIVITY; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6371-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6125-2
Language:
English
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