Local sourcing in developing countries: The role of foreign direct investments and global value chains
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The local sourcing of intermediate products is one the main channels for foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers. This paper investigates whether and how participation and positioning in the global value chains (GVCs) of host countries is associated to local sourcing by foreign investors. Matching two firm-level data sets on 19 Sub-Saharan African countries and Vietnam to country-sector level measures of GVC involvement, we find that more intense GVC participation and upstream specialization are associated to a higher share of inputs sourced locally by foreign investors. These effects are larger in countries with stronger rule of law and better education.
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Favorable business regulations, IP protection, and significant education spending typically attract technologically and functionally sophisticated activities.
“Among these factors, favorable business regulations, IP protection, and significant education spending typically attract technologically and functionally sophisticated activities (Amendolagine et al., 2019;Ascani et al., 2016;Pipkin & Fuentes, 2017).”
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The mix of horizontal linkages and vertical MNE-supplier linkages has significant influence on the innovation performance of firms in different industries.
“This structural mix has significant influence on the innovation performance of firms in different industries (Amendolagine et al., 2019;Brancati et al., 2017).”
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Host country institutions can attract investment by lead firms through policies encouraging local content and promoting local supplier linkages.
“Host country institutions can both attract investment by lead firms through policies encouraging local content and promoting local supplier linkages (Amendolagine et al., 2019;Dawley, MacKinnon, & Pollock, 2019;Liu & Dicken, 2006;Sturgeon et al., 2008;Yeung, 2016), and deter such investment due to insufficient IP protection and underdeveloped legal systems (Gooris & Peeters, 2016).”
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- Authors
- Amendolagine, V., Presbitero, A. F., Rabellotti, R., & Sanfilippo, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Pavia (IT)
- International Monetary Fund (US)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Rabellotti, Roberta
- Venue
- World Development
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-01
- Volume
- 113
- Pages
- 73-88
- ISSN
- 0305-750X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2890063851
- Cited by
- 213
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 9 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 26.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- World Development (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Department for International Development
- International Monetary Fund
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Global trade and economics
- Keywords
- local sourcing, foreign direct investment, global value chains, GVC participation, FDI spillovers, rule of law, sub-Saharan Africa, Vietnam, developing countries
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