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Is hiring foreign worth it? : spillover from foreign firms' human capital and local firms' productivity
Pyun, Ju Hyun; Sun, Jong-in - 2022
This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital … due to the Republic of Korea's visa regulations. We find that the industry and regional FDI positively affect local firms …' productivity, particularly firms with higher growth in hiring skilled foreign employees. This human capital spillover from FDI is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256491
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Determinant factors of pecuniary externalities
Santos, Eleonora; Khan, Shahed - 2018
This paper relates to the literature on pecuniary externalities from FDI. Their transmission mechanism is complex … exploited. As a result, all the potential effects of FDI on firm productivity remain to explain. We contribute to the literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932597
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Regional FDI spillovers and local suppliers : disentangling the effects of foreign ownership, technology gap and absorptive capacity
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/10011506368
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Intra-industry spillovers from inward FDI: a meta-regression analysis
Havránek, Tomaáš (contributor) - 2008
The present paper conducts a meta-analysis of literature on intra-industry spillovers from foreign direct investment, using 97 different outcomes from 67 empirical studies. Apart from the traditional approach, robust meta-regression, random-effects model, and normal probability regression are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755157
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A touch of sophistication : FDI and unit values of exports
Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2009
many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922581
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Openness, intermediate imports and growth
Kopp, Andreas - 2000
We consider two channels via which foreign inputs into industrial production may lead to productivity effects. The first one concerns dynamic externalities between firms which share technical and organizational knowledge which is vital for the productivity growth of a particular industry. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472478
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Technology Gap, Foreign Direct Investment, and Market Structure
Bougheas, Spiros - 2008
We develop and analyze an entry model that predicts that the likelihood that foreign firms enter a country increases with the productivity gap between foreign and domestic firms. The intuition is that foreign firms locate where their competitive advantage is highest and thus enter countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725297
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Knowledge as an Object of Transfer Cooperation between Enterprises Foreign and Domestic
Byczkowska, Magdalena; Majzel, Anna - 2021
the development of FDI methodology in Central and Eastern Europe. The most significant results representing the scientific … novelty of the dissertation include the following elements: determining the impact of FDI on the formation of business systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218022
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Determinants and effects of foreign direct investment in Austria : spillovers to novel innovative environmental technologies
Ghodsi, Mahdi; Jovanovic, Branimir - 2022
This study investigates the determinants of FDI in Austria, as well as their spillovers to innovating technologies … of trade increases investment in foreign-owned subsidiaries in Austria, and that FDI is pre-dominantly carried out in …, FDI is higher in regions with a larger GDP and with a larger share of the population with upper secondary and post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013257423
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Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Diffusion, and Host Country Productivity Growth
Lee, Hongshik - 2015
The principal objective of this paper is to ascertain whether foreign direct investment (FDI) has statistically … as FDI externalities or spillover effects. This paper attempts to evaluate whether these spillover effects depend on the … sending countries' income levels. Our empirical analysis shows that FDI exerts positive impacts on less developed countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037594