Major issues: the state of knowledge: learning and productivity change in developing countries -- Firm (or plant) size in the analysis of trade and development -- Market structure and trade in developing countries -- Externalities, development, and trade -- Closing the productivity gap: does trade liberalization really help? -- Case-studies-countries and industries: Foreign direct investment and patterns of industrialization and trade in developing countries: the brazilian experience -- High-technology exports and strategic trade policy in developing countries: the case of brazilian aircraft -- International competition and market penetration: a model of the growth strategy of the korean semiconductor industry -- Total factor productivity in automobile production in Argentina, Mexico, Korea, and Canada: the impacts of protection

1. Developing countries -- Industries -- Congresses
2. Economic development -- Congresses
3. International trade -- Congresses
4. Developing countries -- Commercial policy -- Congresses