Building up industrial competitiveness (IC) is a must for developing countries to industrialize their economies. How does foreign direct investment (FDI) affect IC? This study attempts to offer an answer to the question by using recent Chinese panel dataset. The significance of the topic,...

From the 32nd in _978 to the 3rd largest exporting country in the world in 2004, China’s export boom was accompanied by substantial inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the same period. exports by foreign-invested enterprises in 2004 were $339 billion, comprising 57% of China’s...

High- and medium-tech exports (hereafter complex exports), refl ecting a nation’s technological capabilities, can bring a nation larger benefi ts from international trade than simple exports. What determines the complex exports? While the topic is quite important, the quantitative analysis on...

Technology and innovatory capabilities are key sources of competitive strength for firms and countries. As a developing country, China seems to build its capabilities for technology and innovation through foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational corporations. Do multinational...

The boom of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in East Asia since the mid-1980s and the recent Asian financial crisis raise the critical question of how FDI affects host economies. While there is considerable evidence on the link between FDI and economic growth, the causality between the two...

While foreign direct investment (FDI) might promote income growth, many developing host countries have been concerned about the impact of FDI on regional disparity. Using the Chinese data, we tested how FDI affects income inequality across provinces in the 1990s. The non-parametric analysis...