1st Edition

Foreign Investment and Spillovers (Routledge Revivals)

By Magnus Blomstrom Copyright 1989
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

The spillover effect of multinational companies has, historically, been subject to much debate. The assumption that the host country can be expected to enjoy spillovers – improvements in the balance of payments, in the influx of foreign currency and in other sectors of the economy not directly affected by the multinational – has not necessarily been corroborated in practice. First published in... Read more

List of Figures and Tables;  Preface;  Acknowledgements;  1. Introduction  2. A Comparison of the Performance of Foreign and Domestic Firms in Mexico  3. Labour Productivity Differences Between Foreign and Mexican Firms  4. Foreign Investment and Spillover of Efficiency  5. The Nature of Spillovers  6. Multinationals and Market Structure in Mexico  7. Summary and Some Suggestions for Future Research on Spillovers;  Notes;  References;  Index

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Magnus Blomström