Globalization and technology absorption : role of trade, FDI, and cross-border knowledge flows (English)

Improving the ability of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries to tap into the global technology pool is an important mechanism for accelerating their industrial development, worker productivity and economic growth. Trade flows, foreign direct investment (FDI), research and development (R&D), and labor mobility and training, are widely accepted as key mechanisms for knowledge absorption. Absorption requires tough decisions and large investments...

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Goldberg,Itzhak;

Branstetter,Lee G.;

Goddard,John Gabriel;

Kuriakose,Smita;
Document Date
2010/05/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
56703
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Europe and Central Asia,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2010/09/30
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Globalization and technology absorption : role of trade, FDI, and cross-border knowledge flows
Keywords
Private and Financial Sector

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Goldberg,Itzhak; Branstetter,Lee G.; Goddard,John Gabriel; Kuriakose,Smita.

Globalization and technology absorption : role of trade, FDI, and cross-border knowledge flows (English). Europe and Central Asia knowledge brief ; volume no. 21 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/153861468029358753

Globalization and technology absorption : role of trade, FDI, and cross-border knowledge flows (English)

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