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Globalization and technology adoption: evidence from emerging economies
Authors:Syeda Tamkeen Fatima
Affiliation:COMSATS Institute of Information Technology – Wah Campus, Management Sciences, Wah Cantt, Pakistan
Abstract:This paper examines the role of globalization in the creation and dissemination of technology across firms operating in 30 emerging and developing economies. Firm-level data from four rounds of Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys from 2002 to 2014 is pooled to assess whether international exposure translates into greater propensity for firms to innovate. The viability of different channels of international technology transmission, i.e. exporting and importing activities, foreign licensing agreements and foreign direct investment are studied to analyze whether they indeed succeed in delivering the push to the firms operating in developing countries to innovate and as a result push them closer to the world's technology frontier. The empirical results endorse the view that exporting and importing activities and foreign licensing agreements are important channels for technology transfer. This study also acknowledges country, sector and firm specific characteristics and their differential capacity to benefit from foreign exposure.
Keywords:Innovation  export  import  foreign direct investment  foreign licensing agreements  developing countries  firm-level data
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