Innovation plays a key role in economic growth. In this paper, we investigate the effects of
intermediate input tariff reduction on the innovation activities of domestic firms. Input tariff …

Using World Bank ICS 2000–2002 data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper
identifies innovation strategies of firms–in particular internal development (“technology …

Coalitions and Compliance examines how international changes can reconfigure domestic
politics. Since the late 1980s, developing countries have been subject to intense pressures …

Studies of the internationalization-performance (IP) relationship for emerging market
multinational enterprises (EM MNEs) have yielded mixed results, suggesting that a …

South Africa designed its post-Apartheid science and technology policies in the mould of the
national innovation system approach. Yet policymakers knew little about the determinants of …

Brazil was characterized by a rapid process of trade liberalization in the 1990s, resulting in a
dramatic increase in the volumes of exports and imports since the year 2000. Over the same …

This book provides evidence on how FDI leads to knowledge and technology transfer
towards domestic firms by paying attention to the role of multinational companies. The …

Brazil was characterised by a marked process of trade liberalisation in the 1990s, resulting
in a dramatic increase in the volumes of exports and imports since the year 2000. Over the …

Brazil attracted relatively little innovation-intensive and export-oriented foreign investment
during the liberalization period of 1990 to 2010, especially compared with competitors such …

Brasilien wird als zukünftige wirtschaftliche und politische globale Kraft angesehen. Trotz
der jüngsten wirtschaftlichen Erfolge ist die Innovationsfähigkeit Brasiliens im Vergleich zu …