Trade in disembodied technology and total factor productivity in OECD countries

Mendi, Pedro

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2006.09.028

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“…This argument has been confirmed by recent works using more sophisticated, trade-related weights (Lumenga-Neso et al, 2005), different measures of knowledge capital (Bottazzi and Peri, 2007;Madsen, 2007, and, or alternative mechanism of knowledge propagation (Lee, 2006 andMendi, 2007). It should be however emphasized that the differential impact between foreign and domestic R&D might be reducing over time (Guellec and van Pottelsberghe, 2004) and such other factors as human capital and institutional characteristics may be influential for productivity growth (see Engelbrecht, 1997, Frantzen, 2000and Coe et al, 2008.…”

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The modern drivers of productivity

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2015

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Using country-level data, this paper investigates the determinants of productivity in emerging knowledge economies by estimating the spillovers associated with investment in Research & Development (R&D) and Information Technology (IT). The work illustrates that both forms of technicallyadvanced capital (R&D and IT) matter for long-run TFP growth. Furthermore, by inspecting knowledge spillovers associated with either the domestic production or import penetration of high-tech (IT) goods, we show that the R&D base of the domestic producers of IT assets is a fundamental driver of economic growth for the industrialized countries. In terms of TFP gains, a low degree of industry specialization in information technology can only partly be compensated by a country's trade openness, i.e. importing R&D-intensive (IT) goods from abroad. This contrasts to what occurs for less technically-advanced (non-IT) productions, for which trade is an effective conduit for knowledge.

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“…Procter & Gamble's Connect and Develop case (see Chesbrough et al 2006).While the acquisition of external technologies is nowadays commonplace, the exploitation of technologies and intellectual property (IP) outside the company (outbound open innovation as defined by Chesbrough (2003) and Gassmann and Enkel (2004)) is still observed infrequently (Athreye and Cantwell 2007;Mendi 2007).…”

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Barriers to Open Innovation: Case China

Savitskaya

Salmi

Torkkeli

2010

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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The notion of open innovation suggests that firms can boost their innovative performance by both acquiring knowledge from outside the company and deploying external paths to market for commercialization of non-core technologies. As innovations emerge increasingly from interorganisational cooperation, the background for such cooperation can also have an impact on the involvement of companies into open innovation processes. Thereby this paper proposes to analyze the barriers towards open innovation from three different aspects, such as internal firms' environment, institutional factors or innovation system and cultural background. Our findings indicate that economic systems and institutions (in particular the protection of IPRs) may have large effects on the behaviour of firms with respect to their engagement in open innovation practices. On the other hand, our results also suggest that the importance of appropriability regime may differ in the buy and sell sides of knowledge, and finally we demonstrate the influence of peculiarities of national cultures upon the adoption of certain elements of open innovation model.

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“…Indeed, Jones (1995) finds that cross-country differences in per capita incomes may be explained largely by differences in total factor productivity. In this line, Coe and Helpman (1995) link the international diffusion of technology with international trade, and Mendi (2007) finds evidence of trade in disembodied technology positively affecting the importing country's total factor productivity. Thus, the process of technological diffusion has very relevant consequences for economic growth.…”

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Multinational corporations as channels for international technology transfer: Evidence from the South African innovation survey

Mustapha

Mendi

2015

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In this article, we investigate the importance of South African subsidiaries of foreign multinationals as channels to introduce foreign innovations in the South African market. We use firm-level data from the 2008 wave of the South African Innovation Survey, which covers the period 2005-07. We find that subsidiaries of foreign multinationals are significantly more likely to introduce product and process innovations, as well as foreign new products and processes than domestic firms. However, we also find that they are not more likely to introduce foreign innovations developed in collaboration with or mostly by another firm outside their own multinational, or innovations that are new to the South African market.

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Trade in disembodied technology and total factor productivity in OECD countries

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The modern drivers of productivity

The modern drivers of productivity

Barriers to Open Innovation: Case China

Multinational corporations as channels for international technology transfer: Evidence from the South African innovation survey

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