This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering the pharmaceutical industries across 29 provinces in the People's Republic of China (PRC) over the period 1998-2007. We show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect...

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 from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys for 107...

This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital transfer from MNEs to local firms. Using the firm-level data for 2010-2015 from the Republic of Korea, we identify human capital spillovers using local firms' hired permanent foreign...

This study examines the individual and joint impact of technology transfer and in-house R&D on firms' productivity and export performance. We utilize a specially designed survey module on firms' technology competitiveness in Vietnamese manufacturing, which allows us to identify various forms of...

This paper examines the foreign direct investment (FDI) spillover effects from foreign to domestic firms in Indonesia and assesses the significance of geographical factors on FDI spillover. It uses firm-level data from the Indonesian Bureau of Public Statistics (BPS) covering the period from...

Corporate governance is vital in the effective implementation of domestic and foreign economic policies. In this context, this study examines the role of political connections in the Indian context to understand their impact on firms' productivity and technology transfer. We ask the following...