Technology Transfer and Spillovers? Does Local Participation with Multinationals Matter?
Magnus Blomstrom,Fredrik Sjöholm +1 more
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In this paper, 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transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign multinational affiliates were examined using unpublished Indonesian micro data, and the results showed that foreign establishments have comparable high levels of labor productivity and that domestic establishments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.About:
This article is published in European Economic Review.The article was published on 1999-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 720 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foreign ownership & Foreign direct investment.read more
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Multinational Corporations and Spillovers
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TL;DR: In the major home countries, the debate on foreign direct investment has ranged from worries that outward FDI may substitute for domestic investment and erode technology leadership, to the argument that firms must invest abroad in order to stay competitive in an increasingly international environment as mentioned in this paper.
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Productivity Spillovers from Competition between Local Firms and Foreign Affiliates
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