through cross-border cooperation in R&D by multinationals. -- Productivity growth ; Technology diffusion ; Multinational …

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 …

We consider two channels via which foreign inputs into industrial production may lead to productivity effects. The … the productivity growth of a particular industry. We show by which institutional mechanism firms are able to share …

. These spillovers are expected to result in an increase in the productivity of the domestic firms. This paper reviews the … considerable number of studies find that productivity spillovers from FDI are dependent on the absorptive capacity of the domestic …

' productivity and technology transfer. We ask the following research questions: First, what is the nature of the relationship … between political connection and productivity, and does this relationship explain firms' productivity and innovation efforts … negative effects on their total factor productivity and research and development expenditure from their political connections …

The hope that multinational firms will improve local employment and productivity is a driving force behind policy … activity alongside more traditional proxies. We find that local firms' employment and labour productivity is higher when FDI …