This paper calculates returns to scale and productivity growth in UK manufacturing establishments in the electronics … productivity growth. We use a matching and difference-in-differences methodology which allows us to construct a reasonable … counterfactual and to determine the post-acquisition changes in RTS and productivity that can be attributed to the incidence of …

.K. manufacturing. It finds that the rate of productivity change following a foreign take-over is higher the higher the pre …-acquisition productivity level of the acquired firm, indicating the importance of absorptive capacity. However, beyond some critical level of … initial productivity, the rate of technology transfer due to foreign acquisition starts to decline. It seems that U …

The first aim of this paper is to decompose the productivity advantage of foreign multinationals into two components … two components of productivity growth. We do so by analyzing the effects of an acquisition of a domestic establishment by … rate of technology transfer from the MNE parent companies, (iii) the productivity growth effects are not confined to the …

This paper investigates the impact of foreign acquisition on domestic firm productivity. In contrast to previous … changes. It finds evidence of significant positive productivity effects following acquisition by US and European … multinationals, at least in technology importing industries. Higher productivity gains are achieved the more competitive the industry …

Before and after its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has undergone a far-reaching investment liberalisation. As … positively to China's "science and technology take-off". …