| Foreword | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Contributors | p. xvii |
| Abbreviations and Acronyms | p. xix |
| Lessons from Empirical Research on International Technology Diffusion through Trade and Foreign Direct Investment | p. 1 |
| Literature Surveys | |
| Econometric versus Case Study Approaches to Technology Transfer | p. 29 |
| Foreign Direct Investment, Linkages, and Technology Spillovers | p. 51 |
| Plant- and Firm-Level Evidence on "New" Trade Theories | p. 67 |
| Foreign Trade and Productivity | |
| On the Quantity and Quality of Knowledge: The Impact of Openness and Foreign R&D on North-North and North-South Technology Spillovers | p. 99 |
| The Knowledge Content of Machines: North-South Trade and Technology Diffusion | p. 113 |
| Exports and Economic Performance: Evidence from a Panel of Chinese Enterprises | p. 139 |
| Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Transfer, and Productivity | |
| Foreign Investment and Productivity Growth in Czech Enterprises | p. 161 |
| Technological Leadership and the Choice of Entry Mode by Foreign Investors | p. 179 |
| Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers through Backward Linkages | p. 207 |
| Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data | p. 241 |
| Market Discipline and Corporate Efficiency: Evidence from Bulgaria | p. 281 |
| Innovation in Mexico: NAFTA Is Not Enough | p. 305 |
| Index | p. 339 |
| Figures | |
| Perceived Effects of FDI in the Czech Republic and Latvia | p. 11 |
| Average Unit Values in Select Countries, 1989-97 | p. 121 |
| Persistency of the Technology Gap with One-Year Lag | p. 133 |
| Persistency of the Technology Gap with Two-Year Lag | p. 134 |
| Persistency of the Technology Gap with Seven-Year Lag | p. 134 |
| Labor Productivity of Czech Firms with and without Foreign Partners, 1991 | p. 167 |
| Total Factor Productivity Growth in Czech Firms with and without Foreign Partners, 1992-96 | p. 168 |
| Training and New Technology in Czech Firms with and without Foreign Partners | p. 168 |
| R&D Intensity and Probability of a Joint Venture: Case 1 | p. 184 |
| R&D Intensity and Probability of a Joint Venture: Case 2 | p. 184 |
| R&D Intensity and Probability of a Joint Venture: Case 3 | p. 185 |
| Net FDI Inflows to Lithuania, 1993-2000 | p. 213 |
| Change in Horizontal Measure, 1996-2000 | p. 220 |
| Change in Backward Measure, 1996-2000 | p. 220 |
| Change in Forward Variable, 1996-2000 | p. 221 |
| Growth Rates of Total Factor Productivity in Selected Countries and Regions, 1960-99 | p. 307 |
| Patents per Million Workers in Selected Regions, 1960-2000 | p. 308 |
| Number of Scientific Publications and Patents in Mexico Relative to Comparative Countries, 1960-2000 | p. 310 |
| Ratio of R&D to GDP in Selected Countries | p. 315 |
| Innovation Inputs in Mexico | p. 316 |
| Efficiency of Research and Development in Selected Countries, 1985-2000 | p. 322 |
| IRCA Index in Selected Industries and Countries, 1980-2000 | p. 323 |
| Private Sector Perceptions of Quality of Scientific Institutions and University-Private Sector Collaboration, Selected Countries, 1994-2001 | p. 328 |
| Tables | |
| Technological Capabilities in Manufacturing Industry | p. 36 |
| Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in OECD Countries | p. 104 |
| Determinants of Total Factory Productivity in Developing Countries | p. 108 |
| Determinants of Total Factor Productivity | p. 125 |
| Choice of Technology | p. 126 |
| Matching between Machines and Products | p. 128 |
| Description and Source of Data for Variables | p. 131 |
| Descriptive Statistics | p. 132 |
| Summary Statistics for Enterprise Sample | p. 141 |
| Distribution of Sample by Ownership and Sector, 1990 | p. 142 |
| Summary Statistics on Exporters, 1988-92 | p. 143 |
| Summary Statistics on Exporters by Ownership and Sector, 1990 | p. 144 |
| Size of Exporters and Nonexporters, 1988-92 | p. 145 |
| Persistence and Volatility of Export Status | p. 145 |
| Performance of Exporters and Nonexporters | p. 147 |
| Basic Model Results | p. 150 |
| Export Histories | p. 152 |
| Basic Model Controlling for Export Histories | p. 153 |
| Descriptive Statistics of the Sample | p. 166 |
| Revenue Shares of Inputs, Mark-Up, and Scale Estimates by Sector | p. 171 |
| Panel Regression Estimates | p. 172 |
| Spillover Effects on Firms without Foreign Linkages | p. 173 |
| Spillover Effects on Firms without FDI | p. 174 |
| Entry Modes Chosen by Investors in the Sample, by Country | p. 188 |
| Entry Modes Chosen by Investors in the Sample, by Industry | p. 189 |
| Probit Model with Firm- and Industry-Level R&D and Advertising Intensities | p. 192 |
| Classification of Industries by Technology Level | p. 193 |
| R&D Intensity of FDI Projects in Three-Digit SIC Industries | p. 194 |
| Probit Model with Relative R&D and Advertising Intensities | p. 197 |
| Bivariate Probit with Sample Selection | p. 199 |
| Marginal Effects of Bivariate Probit with Sample Selection: Entry Mode Equation | p. 200 |
| FDI Inflows to Central and Eastern European Countries, 1993-2000 | p. 214 |
| Distribution of Firms with Foreign Capital, by Industry, 2000 | p. 215 |
| Summary Statistics | p. 219 |
| Additional Summary Statistics for Spillover Variables | p. 219 |
| OLS with Lagged and Contemporaneous Spillover Variables | p. 222 |
| Comparison of Coefficients from OLS and Olley-Pakes Regressions | p. 226 |
| Results of OLS and Olley-Pakes Regressions in First, Second, and Fourth Differences | p. 228 |
| Share of Foreign Ownership and Productivity Spillovers | p. 231 |
| Concentration of Downstream Sectors and Productivity Spillovers | p. 233 |
| Colombian Chemical Industries: Dynamic Model | p. 260 |
| Moroccan Chemical Industries: Dynamic Model | p. 262 |
| Mexican Chemical Industries: Dynamic Model | p. 264 |
| Colombian Chemical Industries: Static Model | p. 266 |
| Moroccan Chemical Industries: Static Model | p. 268 |
| Mexican Chemical Industries: Static Model | p. 270 |
| Activity Dynamics in the Colombian Chemicals Industry: Descriptive Evidence | p. 272 |
| Activity Dynamics in the Moroccan Chemicals Industry: Descriptive Evidence | p. 273 |
| Activity Dynamics in the Colombian Chemicals Industry: Econometric Results | p. 274 |
| Activity Dynamics in the Moroccan Chemicals Industry: Econometric Results | p. 276 |
| Performance Statistics, 1991-96 | p. 286 |
| Descriptive Statistics | p. 288 |
| Pearson Correlation Table | p. 296 |
| Estimation Results | p. 297 |
| Estimation Results: Random-Effects Model | p. 300 |
| Determinants of Patent Counts | p. 320 |
| Structure of R&D Effort in Selected Countries, 1995-2000 | p. 327 |
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