Picking up on one of Hymer's key contributions, this paper examines the impact that inward foreign direct investment (FDI) into the UK has on the patterns of development, both within and across regions. Using a panel of data for the manufacturing sector, the paper illustrates that even where one...

Indian FDI has been rapidly growing into developed region. As a result, developed region emerged as the largest host to Indian investment during 2000-07. An increasing number of firms from a wide range of economic activities are now undertaking FDI projects into developed countries. Considering...

In this paper, I present novel empirical evidence in support of the idea that FDI firms can act as an important driver of regional growth, by acting as a source of new knowledge and technologies to local suppliers in a host economy. For the analysis, I use unique firm level data that I obtained...