_ ____0Ps /6dZ POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 1662 From Learning Do multinationals cooperate in research and development to Partnership with local firms in developing countries? This paperexplores Multinational Research the theoretical underpinnings and provides new empirical and Development Cooperation evidence of R&D cooperation in Developing Countries between firms with asymmetric endowments of Giorgio Barba Navaretti knowledge. Carlo Carraro The World Bank International Economics Department International Trade Division October 1996 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized