International Technology Flows and the Technology Gap

International Monetary Fund West Germany Foreign direct investments SITC FRG EEC Country Domination Effect East West Technology Transfer FDI Channel East-West technology Foreign Direct Investment Flows Dominant Economy CMEA Countries Imitation Lag Eastern European Socialist Countries Local Technological Effort Low Grade Technologies foreign technology infusion Foreign Trade Transactions national technological performance Foreign Patenting Foreign Capital Penetration OECD Export National Technological Development OECD Methodology Total OECD Export OECD Total Strategic Export Control technology gap models Turn Key Plants