Much Ado about Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Direct Investment?

Governments the world over offer significant inducements to attract investment, motivated by the expectation of spillover benefits to augment the primary benefits of a boost to national income from new investment. There are several possible sources of induced spillovers from foreign direct investmen...

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Volume:	19
Main Author:	Holger Görg David Greenaway
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	OXFORD Oxford University Press 01.10.2004 World Bank OXFORD UNIV PRESS
published in:	The World Bank research observer Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 171 - 197
Data of publication:	20041001
ISSN:	0257-3032 1564-6971 1564-6971
EISSN:	1564-6971
Discipline:	Economics Business
Subjects:	Productivity Observational research Industrial productivity Economic benefits World Bank Technology transfer Foreign direct investments Economic competition Empirical evidence International economics Development Studies Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT LICENSING FIRMS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMPETITORS HUMAN CAPITAL TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS MULTINATIONAL MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS TAXATION MULTINATIONALS ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOREIGN MARKETS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES SUPPLIERS EMPLOYMENT INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY-TRANSFER LOCATION HOST-COUNTRY PANEL-DATA RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY SPILLOVERS EFFICIENCY
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2004 Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS