Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Absence of Technology Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Economies

  • Chapter
Structural Change and Exchange Rate Dynamics

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Aitken, Brian/ Harrison, Ann E. (1999): Do Domestic Firms Benefit from Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence from Venezuela. In: American Economic Review, Vol. 89, pp. 605–618.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Barrios, Salvador/ Strobl, Eric (2002): Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from the Spanish Experience. In: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 138, No. 3, pp. 459–481.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Behrmann, Jack N./ Wallender, Harvey W. (1976): Transfers of Manufacturing Technology within Multinational Enterprises. Cambridge: Ballinger.

    Google Scholar 

  • Blomström, Magnus (1986): Foreign Investment and Productivity Efficiency: The Case of Mexico. In: Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 35, pp. 97–112.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blomström, Magnus (1991): Host Country Benefits of Foreign Investment. In: McFetridge, D. G. (ed.): Foreign Investment, Technology and Economic Growth. Toronto, London: Toronto University Press, pp. 93–108.

    Google Scholar 

  • Blomström, Magnus/ Kokko, Ari (1996): Multinational Corporations and Spillovers, CEPR Diskussionspapier Nr. 1365. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Google Scholar 

  • Blomström, Magnus/ Sjöholm, Fredrik (1999): Technology Transfer and Spillovers: Does Local Participation with Multinationals Matter? In: European Economic Review, Vol. 43, pp. 915–923.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blomström, Magnus/ Wolff, Edward N. (1994): Multinational Corporations and Productive Convergence in Mexico. In: Baumol, William J. et al. (eds.): Convergence of Productivity: Cross National Studies and Historical Evidence. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 263–283.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bosco, Maria Giovanna (2001): Does FDI contribute to technological spillovers and growth? A panel data analysis of Hungarian firms. In: Transnational Corporations, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 43–68.

    Google Scholar 

  • Burger, Bettina (1998): Ausländische Direktinvestitionen, technologische Spillover-Effekte und industrielle Entwicklung, dargestellt am Beispiel Mexiko. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag.

    Google Scholar 

  • Damijan, Joze P./ Knell, Mark/ Majcen, Boris/ Rojec, Matija (2003): Technology Transfer through FDI in Top-10 Transition Countries: How important are Direct Effects, Horizontal and Vertical Spillovers?, William Davidson Working Paper No. 549.

    Google Scholar 

  • Djankov, Simeon/ Hoekman, Bernard (2000): Foreign Investment and Productivity Growth in Czech Enterprises. In: The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 49–64.

    Google Scholar 

  • Driffield, Nigel/ Love James H. (2002): Who learns from whom? Spillovers, competition effects & technology sourcing by foreign affiliates in the UK. Birmingham: Aston Business School Research Paper No. 0215.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dunning, John H. (1993): Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy. Reading: Addison-Wesley.

    Google Scholar 

  • Estrin, Saul/ Hughes, K./ Todd, S. (1997): Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe. Multinationals in Transition. London, Washington: The Royal Institute of International Affairs.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gerschenberg, Irving (1987): The Training and Spread of Managerial Know-how. A Comparative Analysis of Multinational and Other Firms in Kenya. In: World Development, Vol. 15, pp. 931–939.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Girma, Sourafel (2003): Absorptive capacity and productivity spillovers from FDI: a threshold regression analysis. European Economy Group (EEP) Working Paper No. 25/2003.

    Google Scholar 

  • Globerman, Steven/ Ries, J./ Vertinsky, I. (1994): The economic performance of foreign affiliates in Canada. In: Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 27.

    Google Scholar 

  • Görg, Holger/ Greenaway, David (2002): Much ado about nothing? Do domestic firms really benefit from foreign investment? CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3485, London: Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Google Scholar 

  • Grossman, Gene M./ Helpman, Elhanan (1997): Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy. Cambridge: MIT Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Günther, Jutta (2002): FDI as a Multiplier of Modern Technology in Hungarian Industry. In: Intereconomics. Review of European Economic Policy, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 263–269.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Günther, Jutta (2003): Das Zustandekommen von Technologie-Spillovers durch ausländische Direktinvestitionen. Eine empirische Untersuchung am Beispiel der ungarischen Industrie. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hill, Hal (1982): Vertical Inter-Firm Linkages in LDCs: A Note on the Philippines. In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Bd. 44, S. 261–271.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • Hungarian Patent Office (1999): Summary of Industrial Property Protection in Hungary. Budapest: Hungarian Patent Office.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hunya, Gabor (2002): Recent Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment on Growth an Restructuring in Central European Transition Economies. WIIW Research Report No. 284. Vienna: The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW).

    Google Scholar 

  • Jensen, Camilla (2002): Spillovers in the Polish Food Industry. Exploring the role of local externalities and global networks. Working paper presented at the 3rd CEES Workshop on Transition and Enterprise Restructuring, Copenhagen Business School, 15–17 August, 2002.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kathuria, Vinish (2000): Productivity Spillovers from Technology Transfer to Indian Manufacturing Firms. In: Journal of International Development, Vol. 12, pp. 343–369.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kinoshita, Yuko (2000): R&D and technology spillovers via FDI: innovation and absorptive capacity. William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 349. Ann Arbor.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kokko, Ari (1994): Technology, Market Characteristics, and Spillovers. In: Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 43, pp. 279–293.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kokko, Ari (1996): Productivity Spillovers from Competition between Local Firms and Foreign Affiliates. In: Journal of International Development, Vol. 8, pp. 517–530.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kokko, Ari/ Tansini, Ruben/ Zejan, Mario C. (1996): Local Technological Capability and Productivity Spillovers from FDI in the Uruguayan Manufacturing Sector. In: Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 32, pp. 602–611.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kokko, Ari/ Tansini, Ruben/ Zejan, Mario C. (2001): Trade Regimes and Spillover Effects of FDI: Evidence from Uruguay. In: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 137, pp. 124–149.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Konings, Jozef (2001): The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Firms. Evidence from Firm-level Panel Data in Emerging Economies. In: Economics of Transition, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 619–633.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kugler, Maurice (2001): The Diffusion of Externalities from Foreign Direct Investment: The Sectoral Pattern of Technological Spillovers, mimeo, University of Southampton.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lamnek, Siegfried (1995): Qualitative Sozialforschung. Band 2: Methoden und Techniken. Weinheim: Psychologie Verlags Union.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lutz, Stefan H./ Talavera, Oleksandr (2003): Do Ukrainian Firms Benefit from FDI? ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-05. Mannheim: Centre for European Economic Research.

    Google Scholar 

  • Meuser, Michael/ Nagel, Ulrike (1991): ExpertInneninterviews — vielfach erprobt, wenig bedacht. Ein Beitrag zur qualitativen Methodendiskussion. In: Garz, D. & Kraimer, K. (Hg.): Qualitativ-empirische Sozialforschung, pp. 441–468. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mohnen, Pierre (1996): R&D Externalities and Productivity Growth. In: STI-Review: Science, Technology, Industry, No. 18, pp. 39–66.

    Google Scholar 

  • OECD (2002): Foreign Direct Investment for Development. Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs. Paris: OECD.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reuber, Grant L./ Crookell, H./ Emerson, M./ Gallais-Hamonno, G. (1973): Private Foreign Investment in Development. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ruane, Frances/ Ugur, Ali (2002): Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers in the Irish Manufacturing Industry: Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data. Trinity Economic Paper No. 2002/6. Dublin: Trinity College.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schoors, Koen/ van der Tol, Bartoldus (2002): Foreign direct investment spillovers within and between sectors: evidence from Hungarian data. Ghent University Working Paper No. 2002/157.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sjöholm, Fredrik (1999a): Technology Gap, Competition and Spillovers from Direct Foreign Investment: Evidence from Establishment Data. In: Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 36, pp. 53–73.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sjöholm, Fredrik (1999b): Productivity Growth in Indonesia: The Role of Regional Characteristics and Direct Foreign Investment. In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 47, pp. 559–584.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Smarzynska, Beata K. (2002): Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers through Backward Linkages. World Bank Policy Research Paper No. 2923. Washington: World Bank.

    Google Scholar 

  • Smarzynska, Beata K./ Spatareanu, Mariana (2003): To share or not to share: Does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3118, Washington: World Bank.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Smid, Siemon (1998): Intellectual Property Law Uniformity in the CEECs and the EU: Conformity Issues and an Overview. In: Altvater, Elmar (ed.): Intellectual Property Rights in Central and Eastern Europe. The Creation of Favourable Legal and Market Preconditions. Berlin: IOS Press, pp. 72–81.

    Google Scholar 

  • UNCTAD (1999): World Investment Report 1999. Foreign Direct Investment and the Challenge of Development. New York: UNCTAD.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zukowska-Gagelmann, Katarzyna (2001): Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment. The Case of Poland. Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang Verlag.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Jutta Günther
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. EIIW — European Institute for International Economic Relations, University of Wuppertal, Rainer-Gruenter-Straße 21, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany

    Paul J.J. Welfens

  2. Institute of Economics Palac Staszica, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330, Warsaw, Poland

    Anna Wziątek-Kubiak

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2005 Springer Berlin · Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Günther, J. (2005). The Absence of Technology Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Economies. In: Welfens, P.J., Wziątek-Kubiak, A. (eds) Structural Change and Exchange Rate Dynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28526-1_12

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation