existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country … hypothesis that spillovers are greater for FDI with more advanced technology. While efficiency of domestic firms’ is affected by … the business environment, the strength of FDI spillovers is not, either when measured by the degree of corruption …

and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the … varies by sector, FDI source, business environment (corruption, red tape, level of development), firm’s distance to the …

many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …

(FDI), the empirical literature has been unable to establish a positive and significant impact of FDI on the rates of … economic growth of host countries. One reason for this difficulty is that theory equates FDI to technology transferred, while … in most countries and regions of the world FDI encompasses an array of arrangements that goes well beyond pure technology …