Globalization and technology absorption in Europe and Central Asia : the role of trade, FDI, and cross-border knowledge flows /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2008. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 123 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | World Bank working paper ; no. 150 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7254658 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Executive Summary
- 1. Introduction
- Definition of Innovation and Knowledge Absorption
- Diffusion of Knowledge in Support of Productivity Growth: Literature Review
- Conceptual Framework: Economic Conditions and Capacities for Knowledge Absorption
- 2. Patents as Indicators of Technological Activity in the ECA Region
- Patent Data Provide a View of the Knowledge Absorption Process
- Implications for Policy
- 3. The Links among Knowledge Absorption, Trade, and FDI
- Trade and its Benefits
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Discussion of Results with Implications for Policy
- 4. How Does FDI via Company Acquisition Impact Technology Absorption? A Case Study of Serbian Enterprises
- Investment Climate and Sequence of Mergers and Acqusitions, and Greenfield FDI
- The Background of the Serbian Privatization Program
- Policy Implications from Case Studies
- Appendixes
- A. Statistical Tables for Chapter 2
- B. Regression Variables Used in Chapter 3
- C. Questionnaire for Company Interviews
- D. Correlates of ICT and Quality Certification
- Bibliography
- List of Tables
- 1. Correlations of "Composite" Measure of Absorption with Firm Characteristics [+] positive correlation, [-] negative correlation
- 2. Comparing the Effects of Privatization on FDI versus Domestically-owned Firms
- 2.1. Top 10 Russian Generators of U.S. Patents
- 3.1. Trade Restrictiveness Indices
- 3.2. Logistics Performance Indices, 2007
- 3.3. Regression Results for New Product Introductions as Dependent Variable
- 3.4. Regression Results for Product Upgrades as Dependent Variable
- 3.5. Regression Results for Introduction of New Technology as Dependent Variable
- 3.6. Linear Regression Results Based on a "Composite" Measure of Absorption
- 3.7. Regression Results Based on Composite Measure of Absorption, Panel Data
- 4.1. Results of the Serbian Privatization Program
- 4.2. Revenue and Employment Trends Pre- and Post-acquisition
- 4.3. Productivity Trends Pre- and Post-acquisition
- 4.4. Financial Ratios Pre- and Post-acquisition
- A.1. Patent Citations in ECA and Comparator Regions
- A.2. Hypothesis Tests for Equality of Sample Means
- B.1. Definition of Variables Used in Regressions
- D.1. ISO Certification and Web Use across Sectors
- D.2. ISO Certification and Web Use, Firm Size, and Age
- D.3. ISO Certification and Web Use, Firm Ownership, and Trade Integration
- D.4. Variable Definitions
- D.5. Determinants of ISO Certification and Web Use-Cross-Sectional Regressions
- D.6. Determinants of Technology Adoption across Country Groups
- D.7. Determinants of ISO Certification and Web-Use-Panel Regressions
- List of Figures
- 1. U.S. Patents Granted per Million Population
- 2. U.S. Patent Grants for the ECA 7 vs. India and China
- 3. Indigenous Patents and Coinventions in ECA: 1993-2007
- 4. Trade Restrictiveness Index (TRI), 2005-06
- 5. FDI Inflows as a Percentage of GDP, 2005
- 1.1. Innovation and Absorption as Inputs into Growth and Productivity
- 2.1. ECA Region Patenting in the EPO
- 2.2. ECA Patenting in Europe, by First Inventor Country of Residence
- 2.3. ECA Coinvention by Partner Country
- 2.4. U.S. Patent Grants for the ECA 7, India, and China
- 2.5. The Expanding Role of International Coinvention in the ECA 7
- 2.6. International Coinvention in Russia
- 2.7. National Innovation Systems
- 3.1. Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index-tariff (all goods), 2006
- 3.2. Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index-tariff + non-tariff (all goods), 2006
- 3.3.
- 3.4.
- D.1. ISO Certification and Web Use across ECA Countries
- List of Boxes
- 3.1. Measuring the Impact of Trade and FDI on Technology Absorption
- 3.2. New Foreign Competition: Lowering Profits and Raising Efficiency
- 4.1. Methodology: Company Selection, Data Sources, Fieldwork
- 4.2. A Closer Look at Productivity Trends
- D.1. Identification Strategy
