upgrading
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Did joint ventures help China's automobile industry?
Foreign direct investment, via 'quid pro quo', facilitated knowledge spillovers and quality upgrades in the Chinese automobile industry
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Barriers to upgrading in developing countries
Upgrading within firms in developing countries is driven by increased know-how and certain buyer types
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Import competition and the quality of domestic goods
Lower tariffs promote quality upgrading of products close to the world quality frontier, but discourage quality upgrading for those far away from it