Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Its findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological innova...

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Main Authors:	Almeida, Rita, Fernandes, Ana Margarida
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Multinational Firms International Business F230 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences Diffusion Processes O330
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5561

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spelling	okr-10986-55612021-04-23T14:02:22Z Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys Almeida, Rita Fernandes, Ana Margarida Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Multinational Firms International Business F230 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences Diffusion Processes O330 This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Its findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological innovations than minority foreign-owned firms or domestic firms. The authors interpret this finding as evidence that the technology transferred from multinational parents to majority-owned subsidiaries is more mature than that transferred to minority-owned subsidiaries. Their findings also suggest that foreign-owned subsidiaries rely mostly on the direct transfer of technology from their parents and that firms that import intermediate inputs are more likely to acquire new technology from their machinery suppliers. 2012-03-30T07:33:26Z 2012-03-30T07:33:26Z 2008 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5561 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Its findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological innovations than minority foreign-owned firms or domestic firms. The authors interpret this finding as evidence that the technology transferred from multinational parents to majority-owned subsidiaries is more mature than that transferred to minority-owned subsidiaries. Their findings also suggest that foreign-owned subsidiaries rely mostly on the direct transfer of technology from their parents and that firms that import intermediate inputs are more likely to acquire new technology from their machinery suppliers.
format	Journal Article
author	Almeida, Rita Fernandes, Ana Margarida
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title	Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
title_short	Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
title_full	Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
title_fullStr	Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
title_full_unstemmed	Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
title_sort	openness and technological innovations in developing countries: evidence from firm-level surveys
publishDate	2012
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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

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