This paper reviews the implications for industrial strategy of recent research on
technological capabilities at the firm and national levels. After exploring the nature and …

This paper examines whether the recent theoretical insights stemming from endogenous
growth theory have provided a better guide to explaining actual growth experience than the …

Globalization reigns supreme as a description of recent economic transformation--and it
carries many meanings. In the policy realm, the orthodox terms of engagement have been …

This article surveys and anabses the very lure literature on direct foreign investmenl (DFI) in
the developing economies of East Asia and the Southwest Pacifi. Commencing with an …

To analyze the effect of vertical technology transfer on industrial development in lesser
developed countries (LDCs), we develop a model in which the technology transferred to an …

This paper explores the effects of inflows of foreign technology on technological
development in developing countries. It evaluates the existing literature exploring this issue …

This paper studies the impact of globalisation and domestic economic reforms on small
industry. Small industry has suffered in terms of growth of units, employment, output and …

Potential sources of the very rapid growth in per capita income in a number of Asian
countries are considered using cross-country regressions. While unusual investment ratios …

This paper presents a dynamic, learning perspective to research and development activity
and to policies promoting these activities and technological development more generally …

World Bank Discussion Paper No. 326. Draws on the successful experiences of five East
Asian economies--Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (China), and Hong …