Technological Diffusion and Growth: Case of the Tunisian Manufacturing Sector

Imen Daoud Naanaa () and Fethi Sellaouti ()
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Imen Daoud Naanaa: University of Tunis El Manar
Fethi Sellaouti: University of Tunis El Manar

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, No 18, 369-383

Abstract: Abstract The paper aims to study the role of technological change in growth through the analysis of the technology spillovers and their transmission channels in five manufacturing industry in Tunisia for the period 1970–2012. Technology plays an important role as a source of growth. However, the understanding of mechanisms by which technology involved in determining business performance differs depending on the industry studied (depending on whether it is high or low technology), the level of human capital, and also the importance of trade and the foreign direct investment. In this perspective, the empirical study is to analyze the relationship between total factor productivity (TFP) (as an indicator of technological progress) and the determinants of technological diffusion. Empirical results suggest that openness to foreign companies and the Trade in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) had a significant role in the diffusion of technology but the presence of foreign firms has not been a vehicle for technology diffusion for the Tunisian manufacturing sector. This reveals that the diffusion of technology requires certain conditions such as the importance of research and development (R&D) and improving the absorption capacity.

Keywords: Technological diffusion; FDI trade in ICT; R&D; Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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