This paper investigates spatial dependence of FDI knowledge spillovers in manufacturing and services using spatial … hand, FDI knowledge spillovers decrease service productivity within regions, because of market-stealing effects operating … strongly across a smaller geographical scale. However, its impact is lost as knowledge spillovers from more distant neighbours …

The paper analyses productivity spillovers from foreign MNEs on domestic manufacturing firms. Using a database on … higher when local and foreign firms in manufacturing sectors are co-located. However, spillovers benefiting domestic firms … are likely to be less influenced by co-location when foreign MNEs are in services sectors as the latter are different from …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

productivity in services, but only ICT affects productivity in manufacturing. The absence of investment in ICT is associated with …Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in … developed countries. However, evidence of the impacts of ICT on services and manufacturing, particularly in developing countries …