. Labor productivity becomes insignificant when the comparison group consists of domestically-owned affiliates with a high … less compared to other foreign affiliates and that there is no productivity advantage in favor of US firms like in …

only little known about productivity variations between foreign affiliates of multinational firms. In order to enhance the … characteristics of the countries in which the multinational parent companies are located on the productivity of their affiliates … direct investment ; productivity spillover ; investor country characteristics …

similar control plants exist. The results indicate that divestment is associated with a drop in total factor productivity …