and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … of foreign firms are falling behind more than domestic firms in industries with a smaller foreign presence. In the Czech … firms to fall further behind. On the other hand, we find in both countries that foreign firms experience positive spillovers …

This Paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two …&D activity conducted by foreign multinationals. We review existing theoretical and empirical work, which largely focuses on … Kingdom. We find that multinationals play an important role in service sectors and that entry of foreign multinationals by …

be found in host countries, where the operations of foreign multinationals may influence local firms in the MNC’s own …. In particular, the positive effects of foreign investment are likely to increase with the level of local capability and …

of foreign investment. It uses a novel dataset of Dutch sector-level investments between 1983 and 2010 to explore this …

This paper examines two broad issues related to foreign investment by Swedish multinational corporations (MNCs): first …, the effects of outward foreign direct investment on domestic investment, exports and employment, and second, the effects … on the domestic economy from the increasing division of labour between the parents and foreign affiliates of Swedish MNCs …