Spillover Effects of FDI within Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia
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In this article, the authors investigated the spillover effect of FDI on Malaysian economy, focusing on manufacturing sector and employed correlation analysis to gauge the extent of spillover effects of foreign direct investment on Malaysian manufacturing sector.About:
This article is published in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences.The article was published on 2012-10-12 and is currently open access. It has received 20 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Spillover effect & Foreign direct investment.read more
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The ASEAN investment area, other FDI initiatives, and intra-ASEAN foreign direct investment
TL;DR: This article investigated the impact of the AIA and other foreign direct investment (FDI) initiatives on intra-ASEAN FDI, measured via several proxies, do not provide strong evidence of benefits from AIA, or from other investment-promoting initiatives.
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Does Chinese Inward Foreign Direct Investment Improve the Productivity of Domestic Firms? Horizontal Linkages and Absorptive Capacities: Firm-Level Evidence from Ethiopia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the productivity differences between Chinese-affiliated and domestic firms in the manufacturing industry in Ethiopia and found that Chinese firms were more productive than local firms and their presence can bring positive potential productivity spillover effects for domestic firms.
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The Influence of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the Productivity of the Industrial Sector in Ghana
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of FDI on the performance of the entire industrial sector in Ghana and found that FDI, trade openness and gross fixed capital formation had significant long run positive effects on the industrial sector performance in Ghana.
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Does service trade liberalization relieve manufacturing enterprises’ financial constraints? Evidence from China
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors analyzed the effect of service trade liberalization on external financial constraints of enterprises in China and found that the effect is heterogeneous for different types of firms.
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Do Domestic Firms Benefit from Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence from Venezuela
Brian J. Aitken,Ann Harrison +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that foreign equity participation is positively correlated with plant productivity (the "own-plant" effect), but this relationship is only robust for small enterprises and that the gains from foreign investment appear to be entirely captured by joint ventures.
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Multinational Firms, Competition, and Productivity in Host-Country Markets
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors test for certain benefits of foreign direct investment in the manufacturing sectors of two leading host countries-Canada and Australia-and find that these potential benefits can be divided into three classes.
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Are there positive spillovers from direct foreign investment
Mona Haddad,Ann Harrison +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ a unique firm-level dataset to test for such spillovers in the Moroccan manufacturing sector and find evidence that the dispersion of productivity is smaller in sectors with more foreign firms.
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Technology, Transfer and Spillovers: Does Local Participation With Multinationals Matter?
Magnus Blomstrom,Fredrik Sjöholm +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects on technology transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign multinational affiliates were examined using unpublished Indonesian micro data, and the results showed that foreign establishments have comparable high levels of labor productivity and that domestic establishments benefit from spillovers.
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Foreign investment and spillover efficiency in an underdeveloped economy: Evidence from the Mexican manufacturing industry
Magnus Blomstrom,Håkan Persson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the question whether differences in technical efficiency of Mexican plants in part derive from spillover efficiency associated with foreign direct investment and conclude that there is a spillover of technical efficiency.