This report assesses the enabling conditions for maximising the benefits of foreign direct investment (FDI) on SME … to which FDI-SME spillovers occur through value chain linkages, strategic partnerships, labour mobility, competition and … place to support FDI-SME linkages and spillovers, noting areas for further policy reforms. The last chapter introduces a …

distanced regions. FDI tends to be associated with employment decline in manufacturing firms, but some growth in small firms. …That global networks provide positive externalities to participating firms is a well‑documented fact. Less is known … about how the performance of non-participating firms, especially those that are small or medium-sized, changes with exposure …

We investigate the role of financial constraints on firms' exporting behavior, including firms' export decision, export … intensity, firms starting to export decision, and exports persistence. Our financial constraints variable is a synthetic … (SMEs) exporting decisions and starting to export decisions but not those of large firms. Financial health does not seem to …

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Theoretical Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) -- 1. Theoretical Analysis of … FDI by Large Multinational Enterprises -- 1.1. The theory of imperfect competitive markets and multinational foreign … theory and the eclectic theory of international production -- 2. Theoretical Analysis of FDI by Small- and Medium …