Technological Change and Economic Development: The Case of the Santa Fe (Argentina) Electronic Industry Exports

Fabiana Cereseto and Cecilia Giobergia

Revista Integración y Comercio (Integration and Trade Journal), 2013, vol. 37, issue 17, 81-95

Abstract: The relationship between technology generation and economic development depends on factors that condition such technology generation and determine its usefulness: for example, the type of technology produced; who, how, and where it is generated; how it is disseminated; and who appropriates it. The answers to these questions might give us an idea of who benefits from rents arising from technology generation and how they influence the development of a particular economy. If we add to this relationship the variable of foreign trade, we might ask ourselves whether it is possible to find a positive link between trade openness, technological development, and economic growth. According to the literature, there is empirical evidence to suggest that export expansion is an important factor in growth. This paper aims to analyze the export behavior of a group of electronics companies in the province of Santa Fe (Argentina), which were among the province's top 500 exporters (taking into account all sectors) during 2005-2012. We will see that these companies' contact with external markets encourages them to display innovative behavior and become agents of change of the technological patterns that generate economic development processes.

Keywords: DESARROLLO ECONOMICO; DESARROLLO TECNOLOGICO; TECNOLOGIA; EXPORTACIONES; COMERCIO EXTERIOR; INDUSTRIA ELECTRICA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 L94 O1 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-03
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