Format:
Online-Ressource (302 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781464801273
Series Statement:
Directions in Development
Content:
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is becoming increasingly critical to the economies of developing countries, in part due to a major expansion in the scope of global value chains (GVCs), whereby lead firms outsource parts of their production and services activities across complex international networks. While FDI delivers a number of important contributions in terms of investment, employment, and foreign exchange, it is its spillover potential - the productivity gain resulting from the diffusion of knowledge and technology from foreign investors to local firms and workers - that is perhaps the m
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Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Overview; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Context, Objectives, and Methodology; Abstract; Why Does FDI Matter for Developing Countries?; Figures; Figure 1.1 Global Growth of FDI, 1971-2011; Spillovers: What Do We Know Already? What Gaps Remain in Our Understanding?; Introduction to This Book; Boxes; Box 1.1 Why Do GVCs Matter in the Discussion of FDI Spillovers?; Tables; Table 1.1 How "Spillovers" Are Defined in This Book; Table 1.2 Country and Sector Coverage
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Box 1.2 Limitations on Robustness of Survey FindingsTable 1.3 Overview of Methodological Approach; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework; Abstract; Introduction; Figure 2.1 The Role of Mediating Factors for FDI Spillovers: A Conceptual Framework; Where and How Do Spillovers Occur?; The Role of Mediating Factors; Conclusions; Notes; References; Part 2 Quantitative Studies; Chapter 3 The Role of Mediating Factors for FDI Spillovers in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Global Dataset; Abstract; Introduction; Empirical Model; Regression Results
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Table 3.1 FDI Spillover Potential, FDI SpilloversTable 3.2 Absorptive Capacity, FDI Spillovers; Table 3.3 National Characteristics, FDI Spillovers; Conclusions; Annex 3A; Annex 3B; Annex 3C; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Determining the Nature and Extent of Spillovers: Empirical Assessment; Abstract; Introduction; Which Foreign Investor Characteristics Increase the FDI Spillover Potential?; Table 4.1 Number of Firms by Type of Firm and Sector; Table 4.2 Performance Indicators, Foreign Investors versus Domestic Producers; Table 4.3 Linkages, Foreign Investors versus Domestic Producers
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Table 4.4 Supplier Assistance, Foreign Investors versus Domestic ProducersTable 4.5 Foreign Investor Characteristics, Definition; Table 4.6 Premia by Foreign Investor Characteristics; Which Absorptive Capacities Facilitate FDI Linkages?; Table 4.7 Distribution of Suppliers by Sector; Table 4.8 Definition of Supplier Characteristics; Table 4.9 Supplier Premia by Absorptive Capacity; Table 4.10 The Effect of Suppliers' Absorptive Capacity on Output Share to Foreign Firms; Which Factors within Transmission Channels Support FDI Spillovers?
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Table 4.11 The Effect of Suppliers' Absorptive Capacity with Supplier Relationship of at Least Three Years on Output Share to Foreign FirmsTable 4.12 Supplier Premia by Factors within Transmission Channels; Table 4.13 The Effect of Factors within Transmission Channels on the Probability of Starting to Export, Probit; Table 4.14 The Effect of Assistance on the Probability of Starting to Export due to Relationship with Foreign Firm, Part 1, Probit; Table 4.15 The Effect of Assistance on the Probability of Starting to Export due to Relationship with Foreign Firm, Part 2, Probit; Conclusions
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Notes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781464801266
Language:
English
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Author information:
Winkler, Deborah 1980-
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