Using two matched plant level skills and productivity datasets for UK manufacturing we document that (i) more …

foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of the FDI decision, a difference … context, is the ability to follow the timing of observed changes in productivity and other aspects of plant performance. The … results suggest that foreign ownership leads to significant productivity improvements in the acquired plants. The improvements …

retail chains leads to a significant increase in the total factor productivity in the supplying industries. Their presence in … a region increases the total factor productivity of firms in the supplying industries by 15.2 percent and doubling the … number of chains leads to a 10.8 percent increase in total factor productivity. However, the expansion benefits larger firms …

issue. It formulates an economic model of investment and uses data on the mean and variance of productivity growth to … in inflows when strong executive constraints are adopted in terms of the reduction in the volatility in productivity …

plants exist. The results indicate that divestment is associated with a drop in total factor productivity accompanied by a …

This Paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two … productivity than foreign multinationals, but the difference is less stark in the service sector than in the production sector, and …