The absorptive capacity—the ability of enterprises to efficiently absorb and internalise knowledge from outside sources—represents the link between firms’ capabilities to implement new products and the external stock of technological opportunities, such as those gleamed from Multinational...

This work examines the main theoretical and empirical interpretations of the effects of FDI on the productivity of local firms and, in particular, the way in which productivity spillovers are related to regional differences. In studying the Italian manufacturing sector, using cross-sectional...

How does outward foreign direct investment (FDI) affect employment of multinationals in the home country? Does the impact of outward investment differ among manufacturing and service sectors? Using data on Italian MNEs, this paper examines the impact of Italian outward FDI on local employment...

The absorptive capacity represents the ability of enterprises to efficiently absorb and internalise knowledge from outside: it represents the link between firms’ capabilities to implement new products and the external stock of technological opportunities, such as those spilled-out from...

<i> Do Multinational Enterprises Affect Domestic Firms’ Productivity? </i> (di Cesare Imbriani, Filippo Reganati) - ABSTRACT:This work examines the main theoretical and empirical interpretations of the effects of FDI on the productivity of local firms and, in particular, the way in which productivity...

The process of real convergence in the EEC requires new strategies to be implemented both at macro and a micro level. At a microecomic level, real convergence is strictly related to the process of resource re-allocation among countries and sectors put forward by countries’ dynamic comparative...

This paper examines the main theoretical and empirical interpretations regarding the effects of foreign direct investment on technical efficiency of local firms and, in particular, in which way technical efficiency spillovers relate to the size of the technology gap between domestically-owned...

This work examines the main theoretical and empirical interpretations regarding the effects of foreign direct investment on productivity of local firms and, in particular, in which way productivity spillovers are related to the existence of regional differences. By taking into consideration the...

This article evaluates the determinants of FDI location in Italy. The focus of this pilot investigation is on the specific characteristics of municipalities located in the Emilia Romagna region over the period 2002-2007. A negative binomial estimation model is employed. It is found that the...