We examine the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms’ productivity via human capital transfer from … from MNEs 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 …

This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital …' productivity, particularly firms with higher growth in hiring skilled foreign employees. This human capital spillover from FDI is … due to the Republic of Korea's visa regulations. We find that the industry and regional FDI positively affect local firms …

What puts productivity spillovers into effect through worker mobility across firms? Productivity difference between the … flows from foreign-owned companies provide productivity gains for the firm. We argue here that skill-relatedness across … employee-employer linked panel data from 2003-2011 imply that productivity gap rules out the effect of foreign spillovers …

The paper examines the foreign direct investment (FDI) spillover effects in developing countries and investigates the … importance of the absorptive capacity of a firm and a country in realizing and facilitating FDI spillover. It uses data obtained … countries do not benefit from horizontal FDI but benefit from forward and backward vertical FDI. The study also finds that firms …

, the direct effects of FDI-related as well as import-related spillovers on domestic productivity are confirmed. Furthermore … FDI implying strong joint effect on domestic productivity. When consider- ing quality-adjusted human capital, countries … investment (FDI) as a channel for knowl- edge spillovers in addition to imports. Deeper insights on the issue are provided by …

out by some entrepreneurs and their young businesses. In this study, we analyze the extent to which differences in FDI and … GEM data and other secondary sources for the period 2005-2009, we found that the exposure to higher flows of inward FDI at … higher flows of outward FDI or higher levels of accumulated knowledge at regional level has no impact. The results also show …

This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering … show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect of FDI on domestic innovation when the intellectual property …'s accession to the World Trade Organization) (WTO) in 2001. We also show that there is a positive upstream spillover effect of FDI …

firms' innovations on firms' productivity growth. Using the firm level data on innovation activity combined with firms … as a result of firm's R&D do contribute substantially to firm's total factor productivity growth. And third, foreign …

productivity and propose a percentile criterion to distinguish between low and high quality FDI firms in empirical exercises. Since …The existing research on knowledge-spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) has invariably treated all foreign … integration, generating demands for local raw materials, and entry modes. Non-inclusion of such quality dimensions of FDI into the …