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Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfers to Local Suppliers: Identifying the effects of type of ownership and the technology gap
Jordaan, Jacob A. - 2012
In this paper, I present novel empirical evidence in support of the idea that FDI firms can act as an important driver … analysis, I use unique firm level data that I obtained from applying several purpose built surveys among FDI and domestic … nature of technology transfers between FDI firms and local suppliers and I identify statistically factors that influence the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340945
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Multinational companies, technology spillovers, and plant survival
Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2003
This paper examines the effect of the presence of multinational companies on plant survival in the host country. We postulate that multinational companies can impact positively on plant survival through technology spillovers. We study the nature of the effect of multinationals using a Cox...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265393
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ICT Intermediates, Growth and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Comparison of Growth Effects inGerman and US Manufacturing Sectors
Strobel, Thomas - 2012
Recent pre-crisis growth accounting exercises attribute strong productivity growth toincreased investments in information and communication technologies (ICT), especiallyduring the mid-1990s. EU-wide stylized facts about a growing US-EU productivity gapare confirmed for Germany, particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312069
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Enterprise agglomeration, output prices, and physical productivity: Firm-level evidence from Ethiopia
Siba, Eyerusalem; Söderbom, Måns; Bigsten, Arne; … - 2012
We use census panel data on Ethiopian manufacturing firms to analyze the connections between enterprise agglomeration, firm-level output prices and physical productivity. We find a negative and statistically significant relationship between the agglomeration of firms that produce a given product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319915
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Measuring industry agglomeration and identifying the driving forces
Howard, Emma; Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn - 2012
Understanding industry agglomeration and its driving forces is critical for the formulation of industrial policy in developing countries. Crucial to this process is the definition and measurement of agglomeration. We propose a new measure and examine what it reveals about the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319919
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Determinants of productivity gap in the European Union: A multilevel perspective
Bruno, Randolph Luca; Douarin, Elodie; Korosteleva, Julia; … - 2019
suggests that there is a lack of coordination between R&D policy and technology transfer (FDI, trade and industrial policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389300
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Determinants of Productivity Gap in the European Union: A Multilevel Perspective
Bruno, Randolph Luca; Douarin, Elodie; Korosteleva, Julia; … - 2019
suggests that there is a lack of coordination between R&D policy and technology transfer (FDI, trade and industrial policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141179
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The death of German firms: What role for foreign direct investment?
Franco, Chiara; Weche Gelubcke, John P. - 2013
This paper aims at examining the role played by inward Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in affecting the exit … include the FDI variable, dividing it between types of foreign investor (industrial vs. financial) besides the usual analysis … with the division by country of origin. Secondly, we analyze whether FDI may have effects not only on the probability that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294463
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Exports versus FDI in German manufacturing: firm performance and participation in international markets
Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - 2006
This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295792
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Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm Performance and Participation in International Markets
Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - 2005
This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297485