Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets

Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through th...

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Main Authors: Gorodnichenko, Yuriy, Svejnar, Jan, Terrell, Katherine
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
MNE
R&D
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spelling okr-10986-40062021-04-23T14:02:14Z Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets Gorodnichenko, Yuriy Svejnar, Jan Terrell, Katherine ADVANCED ECONOMIES ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY BARRIERS TO ENTRY BEST BUSINESS PRACTICE BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS SERVICES CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CAPACITY UTILIZATION COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS COMPLEXITY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CORPORATE OWNERSHIP CORPORATE PERFORMANCE COVARIANCE MATRIX CUSTOMS DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIRECT CONNECTIONS DISCUSSION DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURS EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPOSURE FINANCIAL MARKETS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRMS FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRM FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP GEOGRAPHIC REACH GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL IDEAS IMPERFECT INFORMATION INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSPECTIONS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONALISATION INVENTION INVENTIONS KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LEADING LEASING LICENSE LICENSES LICENSING MACROECONOMIC LEVEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARKET COMPETITION MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET SHARE MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STRUCTURES MARKETING MATERIAL MNE MONOPOLY MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES MULTINATIONALS NETWORKS NEW PRODUCT NEW PRODUCTS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OUTPUT POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS QUALITY MANAGEMENT R&D REAL ESTATE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS RENTS RESULT RESULTS SAFETY SEARCH SHAREHOLDER SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SMALL FIRMS STANDARDIZATION STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE STOCK EXCHANGE SUPERVISION SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER THINKING TIME PERIODS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION COUNTRIES TURNOVER TURNOVER RATE USES VARIETY WORLD ECONOMY Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign direct investment on domestic firms' efforts to innovate (raise their capability) by upgrading their technology, improving the quality of their product or service, or acquiring certification. They find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and we do not find support for an inverted U effect of competition on innovation. The authors show that the supply chain of multinational enterprises and international trade are important channels for domestic firms' innovation. They detect no evidence that firms in a more pro-business environment are more likely to display a positive or inverted U relationship between competition and innovation, or that they are more sensitive to foreign presence. 2012-03-19T19:08:09Z 2012-03-19T19:08:09Z 2009-01-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090105142547 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4006 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4808 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic ADVANCED ECONOMIES
ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BEST BUSINESS PRACTICE
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS
BUSINESS SERVICES
CAPABILITIES
CAPABILITY
CAPACITY UTILIZATION
COMMERCE
COMPETITIVENESS
COMPETITORS
COMPLEXITY
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CORPORATE OWNERSHIP
CORPORATE PERFORMANCE
COVARIANCE MATRIX
CUSTOMS
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIRECT CONNECTIONS
DISCUSSION
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPLOYMENT
ENTREPRENEURS
EQUIPMENT
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPOSURE
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FIRMS
FOREIGN COMPANIES
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN FIRM
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
GEOGRAPHIC REACH
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GROWTH RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
IDEAS
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INSPECTIONS
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONALISATION
INVENTION
INVENTIONS
KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATIONS
LEADING
LEASING
LICENSE
LICENSES
LICENSING
MACROECONOMIC LEVEL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET SHARE
MARKET STRUCTURE
MARKET STRUCTURES
MARKETING
MATERIAL
MNE
MONOPOLY
MULTINATIONAL
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
MULTINATIONALS
NETWORKS
NEW PRODUCT
NEW PRODUCTS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OUTPUT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRODUCT INNOVATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
R&D
REAL ESTATE
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS
RENTS
RESULT
RESULTS
SAFETY
SEARCH
SHAREHOLDER
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED WORKERS
SMALL FIRMS
STANDARDIZATION
STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE
STOCK EXCHANGE
SUPERVISION
SUPPLIER
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
THINKING
TIME PERIODS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
TURNOVER
TURNOVER RATE
USES
VARIETY
WORLD ECONOMY
spellingShingle ADVANCED ECONOMIES
ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BEST BUSINESS PRACTICE
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS
BUSINESS SERVICES
CAPABILITIES
CAPABILITY
CAPACITY UTILIZATION
COMMERCE
COMPETITIVENESS
COMPETITORS
COMPLEXITY
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CORPORATE OWNERSHIP
CORPORATE PERFORMANCE
COVARIANCE MATRIX
CUSTOMS
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIRECT CONNECTIONS
DISCUSSION
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPLOYMENT
ENTREPRENEURS
EQUIPMENT
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPOSURE
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FIRMS
FOREIGN COMPANIES
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN FIRM
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
GEOGRAPHIC REACH
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GROWTH RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
IDEAS
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INSPECTIONS
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONALISATION
INVENTION
INVENTIONS
KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATIONS
LEADING
LEASING
LICENSE
LICENSES
LICENSING
MACROECONOMIC LEVEL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET SHARE
MARKET STRUCTURE
MARKET STRUCTURES
MARKETING
MATERIAL
MNE
MONOPOLY
MULTINATIONAL
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
MULTINATIONALS
NETWORKS
NEW PRODUCT
NEW PRODUCTS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OUTPUT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRODUCT INNOVATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
R&D
REAL ESTATE
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS
RENTS
RESULT
RESULTS
SAFETY
SEARCH
SHAREHOLDER
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED WORKERS
SMALL FIRMS
STANDARDIZATION
STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE
STOCK EXCHANGE
SUPERVISION
SUPPLIER
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
THINKING
TIME PERIODS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
TURNOVER
TURNOVER RATE
USES
VARIETY
WORLD ECONOMY
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy
Svejnar, Jan
Terrell, Katherine
Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4808
description Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign direct investment on domestic firms' efforts to innovate (raise their capability) by upgrading their technology, improving the quality of their product or service, or acquiring certification. They find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and we do not find support for an inverted U effect of competition on innovation. The authors show that the supply chain of multinational enterprises and international trade are important channels for domestic firms' innovation. They detect no evidence that firms in a more pro-business environment are more likely to display a positive or inverted U relationship between competition and innovation, or that they are more sensitive to foreign presence.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Gorodnichenko, Yuriy
Svejnar, Jan
Terrell, Katherine
author_facet Gorodnichenko, Yuriy
Svejnar, Jan
Terrell, Katherine
author_sort Gorodnichenko, Yuriy
title Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
title_short Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
title_full Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
title_fullStr Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
title_full_unstemmed Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
title_sort globalization and innovation in emerging markets
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090105142547
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4006
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