Investment?', World Bank Research Observer, 19 (2), Fall, 171-97 -- Beata Smarzynska Javorcik (2004), 'Does Foreign Direct … Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers through Backward Linkages', American Economic … globalization and productivity growth. The editors' careful selection includes articles that focus on the impact of globalization on …

Governments the world over offer significant inducements to attract investment, motivated by the expectation of … sources of induced spillovers from foreign direct investment. This article evaluates the empirical evidence on productivity … spillover benefits to augment the primary benefits of a boost to national income from new investment. There are several possible …

Governments the world over offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of … spillover benefits to augment the primary benefits of a boost to national income from new investment. This paper begins by … productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …

investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now … controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is strong … government report higher productivity premia. However, the level of development per se does not appear to be an explanation for …

's productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment's outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …