Although the programme of structural reforms and price stabilization has contributed to a better environment for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Argentina in the 1990s, FDI flows are mainly explained by the incentives established in specific policies regulating the privatization of public...

This major Handbook offers a comprehensive analysis of the key issues surrounding the rapid expansion of Latin America's manufacturing sector. It systematically examines the most important factors influencing the comparative advantages and the globalization of manufacturing industries in the region.

Argentina received significant amounts of foreign direct investment inflows during the 1990s. This paper analyses whether positive (or negative) productivity spillovers arose from the increasing presence of transnational corporations (TNCs) affiliates in Argentina. We found that TNCs affiliates...