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Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
Researcher at University of Oxford
Publications - 138
Citations - 14664
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Foreign direct investment & Productivity. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 134 publications receiving 13501 citations. Previous affiliations of Beata Smarzynska Javorcik include European Bank for Reconstruction and Development & Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of trade and foreign direct investment on the productivity of domestic firms in the manufacturing sector in the country of Lithuania and found that a 10 percent increase in the foreign presence in downstream sectors is associated with a 0.38 percent rise in output of each domestic firm in the supplying industry.
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Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the issue of FDI spillovers through backward linkages and go beyond existing studies by shedding some light on factors driving this phenomenon, which is consistent with the existence of knowledge spillovers from foreign affiliates to their local suppliers, but they may also be a result of increased competition in upstream sectors.
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To share or not to share: Does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment? ☆
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether the degree of spillovers from foreign direct investment is affected by the foreign ownership share in investment projects and found that the presence of partially foreign-owned projects is correlated with higher productivity of domestic firms in upstream industries suggesting that domestic suppliers benefit from contacts with multinational customers.
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Gifted kids or pushy parents? Foreign direct investment and plant productivity in Indonesia ☆
TL;DR: In this article, the causal relationship between foreign ownership and various aspects of plant performance using micro data from the Indonesian Census of Manufacturing was analyzed, and the implications of foreign ownership in two different contexts: foreign acquisitions and foreign privatizations.
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The composition of foreign direct investment and protection of intellectual property rights : evidence from transition economies
TL;DR: This article found that weak protection deters foreign investors in technology-intensive sectors that rely heavily on intellectual property rights, and that a weak intellectual property regime encourages investors to undertake projects focusing on distribution rather than local production.