Innovative and Absorptive Capacity of International Knowledge : An Empirical Analysis of Productivity Sources in Latin American Countries

This paper examines two sources of global knowledge spillovers: foreign direct investments and trade. Empirical evidence demonstrates that foreign direct investment and trade can contribute to overall domestic productivity growth only when the tech...

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Main Authors: Castillo, Leopoldo Laborda, Salem, Daniel Sotelsek, Guasch, Jose Luis
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
FDI
GDP
MNE
R&D
WEB
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120103140509
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3217