Technology Transfer and Spillovers? Does Local Participation with Multinationals Matter? / Magnus Blomstrom, Fredrik Sjoholm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blomstrom, Magnus.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Sjoholm, Fredrik.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w6816.

NBER working paper series no. w6816

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1998.

Summary:

This paper examines the effects on technology transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign multinational affiliates. More specifically, we try to answer two questions, using unpublished Indonesian micro data. Firstly, do establishments with minority and majority ownership differ in terms of productivity levels? Secondly, does the degree of spillover differ with the degree of ownership in the FDI? Our results show that foreign establishments have comparable high levels of labor productivity and that domestic establishments benefit from spillovers. However, the degree of foreign ownership does neither affect the level of labor productivity in foreign establishments, nor the degree of spillovers.

Notes:

Print version record

November 1998.