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To share or not to share: Does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment?

Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska, Spatareanu, Mariana·2008·Journal of Development Economics
DOI 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.08.005
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Abstract

This paper examines whether the degree of spillovers from foreign direct investment is affected by the foreign ownership share in investment projects. The analysis, based on an unbalanced panel of Romanian firms from 1998-2000, provides evidence consistent with positive intra-sectoral spillovers resulting from fully-owned foreign affiliates but not from projects with joint domestic and foreign ownership. This finding is consistent with literature suggesting that foreign investors tend to put more resources into technology transfer to their wholly-owned projects than to those owned partially. The data also indicate that the presence of partially foreign-owned projects is correlated with higher productivity of domestic firms in upstream industries, suggesting that domestic suppliers benefit from contacts with multinational customers. But the opposite is true for fully-owned foreign affiliates, which appear to have a negative effect on domestic firms in upstream industries. These results are consistent with the observation that foreign investors entering a host country through greenfield projects are less likely to source locally than those engaged in joint ventures or partial acquisitions. They are also in line with the evidence suggesting that fully-owned foreign subsidiaries use newer or more sophisticated technologies than jointly-owned investment projects, and thus may have higher requirements which only a few, if any, domestic suppliers are able to meet.

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  1. UNCTC, 1987, Arrangements Between Joint Venture Partners in Developing Countries, vol. 2

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Authors
Javorcik, B. S., & Spatareanu, M.
Affiliations
  • Center for Economic and Policy Research (US)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Corresponding author
Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska
ORCID
Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska
Venue
Journal of Development Economics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-02
Volume
85
Issue
1-2
Pages
194-217
ISSN
0304-3878 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.08.005
OpenAlex
W1999847415
Cited by
493
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 32
FWCI
76.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
Journal of Development Economics (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Global trade and economics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
Keywords
foreign direct investment, vertical spillovers, horizontal spillovers, co-ownership, wholly owned subsidiaries, local sourcing, knowledge transfer, knowledge absorption, Romanian companies

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