Catching Up with the Technological Frontier: Micro-level Evidence on Growth and Convergence

In this article, we study how firm heterogeneity influences productivity catching up using plant-level data from Mexico. The article addresses three issues: first, it evaluates the process of convergence towards the global versus the local technological frontier in a middle-income country such as Me...

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Main Authors:	Iacovone, Leonardo, Crespi, Gustavo A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Economic Integration F150 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250 Industrial Policy O250 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences Diffusion Processes O330
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5860

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spelling	okr-10986-58602021-04-23T14:02:23Z Catching Up with the Technological Frontier: Micro-level Evidence on Growth and Convergence Iacovone, Leonardo Crespi, Gustavo A. Economic Integration F150 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250 Industrial Policy O250 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences Diffusion Processes O330 In this article, we study how firm heterogeneity influences productivity catching up using plant-level data from Mexico. The article addresses three issues: first, it evaluates the process of convergence towards the global versus the local technological frontier in a middle-income country such as Mexico. Second, it systematically evaluates the role of technological efforts in determining the speed of convergence towards each of these technological frontiers. Third, it assesses the role of openness and trade integration in determining the speed of convergence and presents a horse race between integration and technological effort in explaining the determinants of heterogeneity in influencing the process of convergence toward both the domestic and the global technological frontier. Our results suggest that building firm-level technological capabilities is important for catching up with the global frontier. A policy focused on trade alone will facilitate convergence towards the best technological practices available locally, but it will fall short of encouraging convergence with the global frontier. 2012-03-30T07:34:54Z 2012-03-30T07:34:54Z 2010 Journal Article Industrial and Corporate Change 09606491 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5860 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Mexico
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description	In this article, we study how firm heterogeneity influences productivity catching up using plant-level data from Mexico. The article addresses three issues: first, it evaluates the process of convergence towards the global versus the local technological frontier in a middle-income country such as Mexico. Second, it systematically evaluates the role of technological efforts in determining the speed of convergence towards each of these technological frontiers. Third, it assesses the role of openness and trade integration in determining the speed of convergence and presents a horse race between integration and technological effort in explaining the determinants of heterogeneity in influencing the process of convergence toward both the domestic and the global technological frontier. Our results suggest that building firm-level technological capabilities is important for catching up with the global frontier. A policy focused on trade alone will facilitate convergence towards the best technological practices available locally, but it will fall short of encouraging convergence with the global frontier.
format	Journal Article
author	Iacovone, Leonardo Crespi, Gustavo A.
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title	Catching Up with the Technological Frontier: Micro-level Evidence on Growth and Convergence
title_short	Catching Up with the Technological Frontier: Micro-level Evidence on Growth and Convergence
title_full	Catching Up with the Technological Frontier: Micro-level Evidence on Growth and Convergence
title_fullStr	Catching Up with the Technological Frontier: Micro-level Evidence on Growth and Convergence
title_full_unstemmed	Catching Up with the Technological Frontier: Micro-level Evidence on Growth and Convergence
title_sort	catching up with the technological frontier: micro-level evidence on growth and convergence
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Catching Up with the Technological Frontier: Micro-level Evidence on Growth and Convergence

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