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Technology Import and Manufacturing Productivity in India: Firm Level Analysis

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The paper examines the impact of import of technology on productivity of the organised manufacturing sector of India using firm level panel data for the period of 1995–2010. The estimation of an augmented Cobb-Douglas production function using the Levinsohn and Petrin econometric technique suggests that both embodied as well as disembodied forms of technology import have a positive and significant effect on aggregate manufacturing productivity. However, the sectoral estimation results based on technology intensive classification of firms reveal that the embodied technology purchases have a relatively more significant and positive impact across sectors, whereas the disembodied technology imports have positive effect on the productivity of medium technology intensive sectors. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

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  • R. Rijesh, 2015. "Technology Import and Manufacturing Productivity in India: Firm Level Analysis," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 15(4), pages 411-434, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jincot:v:15:y:2015:i:4:p:411-434
    DOI: 10.1007/s10842-015-0193-9
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    Technology imports; Organised manufacturing; Firm level productivity; Levinsohn and Petrin; Prowess; India; F14; O33; L6; O53;
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    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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