Abstract List



Korea's Computer Strategy

Technological Evolution of the Semiconductor Industry


Leapfrogging in Switching System


Information Industries in the Newly Industrializing Countries


Performance and Potential of Informational Technology: An International Perspective


Prices, Costs, and Competition at the Technology Frontier: A Model for Semiconductor Memories


Towards a Vanishing Middle: Competition in the World Garment Industry


International Trends in Steel Mini-Mills: Keeping Pace with Technological Change


Keeping Pace with Change: Organizational and Technological Imperatives


Impact of Manufacturing Practices on the Global Bicycle Industry


Keeping Pace with Change: International Competition in the Printed Circuit Board Industry


Advanced Infrastructure for Time Management: The Competitive Edge in East Asia


Innovation and International Diffusion of Environmentally Responsive Technologies


Firm Strategies for Costly Engineering Learning


Institutions and Dynamic Comparative Advantage: The electronics industry in Korea and Taiwan


New Environment for Intellectual Property


The Demographic Dividend: Evidence from the Indian States


Sources of Corporate Profits in India: Business Dynamism or Advantages of Entrenchment?


The Second Transition: Eastern Europe in Perspective


"Speed of IMF Response," an earlier version appeared as "From Crisis to IMF-Supported Program: Does democracy impede the speed required by financial markets?"

Buyer-Seller Links in Export Development

Staying in the Loop: International Alliances for Sharing Technology


Learning Through Alliances


Making Institutional Choices


Environmental Regulation and Development A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis


Industrial policy after the East Asian crisis: from outward orientation to new internal capabilities?


International Investment Location Decisions: The Case of U.S. firms


Japanese and United States Firms as Foreign Investors: Do They March to the Same Tune?


Japanese Multinationals in Asia: Drivers and Attractors


The Usefulness of Private and Public Information for Foreign Investment Decisions


Is there persistence in the export of manufactured goods? Evidence from Newly Industrializing Countries


Imported Machinery for Export Competitiveness


Growth in an Inefficient Economy: A Chinese Case Study


Explaining Industrial Growth in Coastal China: Economic Reforms ... and What Else?


Innovation in Cities: Evidence from Chinese Firms


Informal Meetings for Knowledge Acquisition and Increased Productivity


Exploiting Competitive Opportunities in Telecommunications


Exploiting New Market Opportunities in Telecommunications


Breaking the Impediments to Budgetary Reforms: Evidence from Europe


Spillovers of Domestic Shocks: Will They Counteract the "Great Moderation"?


The Dynamics of Product Quality and International Competitiveness

Infrastructure Delivery: Private Initiative and the Public Good

Building on East Asia's Infrastructure Foundations


Infrastructure Strategies in East Asia: The Untold Story


Choices for Efficient Private Participation in East Asian Infrastructure


Private Capital in Water and Sanitation


Competition, contracts, and regulation in water and sanitation


West Bank and Gaza: Infrastructure, Institutions, and Growth


Methods of Loan Guarantee Valuation and Accounting


A house of cards: government guarantees


Contingent Liabilities for Infrastructure Projects: Implementing a Risk Management Framework for Governments


Risk Management Systems for Contingent Infrastructure Liabilities: Applications to Improve Contract Design and Monitoring


The Management of Contingent Liabilities: A Risk Management Framework for National Governments


Financing Water and Sanitation Projects: The Unique Risks


Pooling Water Projects To Move Beyond Project Finance


Tapping the Private Sector: Approaches to Managing Risk in Water and Sanitation


What Explains Spreads on Emerging Market Debt?


Interest Rate in the North and Capital Flows to the South: Is There a Missing Link?


International Pricing of Emerging Market Corporate Debt: Does the Corporate Matter?


After the Crisis: Lower Consumption Growth but Narrower Global Imbalances?


From Bear Stearns to Anglo Irish: How Eurozone Sovereign Spreads Related to Financial Sector Vulnerability


Can Domestic Policies Influence Inflation?