Some absorb know-how from abroad quicker than others.
Only investment and know-how from Japan might change that.
Developing countries, on the other hand, grow by assimilating know-how from elsewhere.
Perhaps firms pick up tricks of the trade and other know-how from their neighbours.
One, they imported ideas, technology and know-how from the rest of the world.
Part of that is simply the operational know-how from Mr. McCourt's long construction experience.
And the steel car he made after acquiring the know-how from working at a metal door factory last summer.
Russia too is vulnerable, and will need capital and know-how from abroad to develop gas fields and rejuvenate its creaking infrastructure.
To reinforce its position, IBM has now moved into computational physiology, licensing know-how from Physiome Sciences to help it integrate information from gene to organ.
The know-how from previous games is not necessarily passed on to the next city; the problems of each new host may anyway differ from the last.
He has even stressed following "global trends" by reaching out to other countries and using the Internet to acquire technological know-how from overseas.
