enhancement of productivity and efficiency in agriculture, services such as trade, tourism, and transport, logistics, some … facilitate modern E-commerce, and boost productivity with real GDP growth. Given the dependence on agriculture and tourism, this …

industry and regional exposure to global links in form of foreign ownership. It uses firm-level microdata for 13 OECD countries …, allowing for local spillovers (or crowding out) within the same industry and across industries. Foreign investment in the firm … in the same region is associated with increasing productivity of local firms, especially in form of cross …