Productivity Spillovers from Foreign MNEs on Domestic Manufacturing Firms: Is Co-location Always a Plus?

Sergio Mariotti, Marco Mutinelli, Marcella Nicolini and Lucia Piscitello

No 99683, Sustainable Development Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Abstract: The paper analyses productivity spillovers from foreign MNEs on domestic manufacturing firms. Using a database on foreign MNEs in Italy, our results reveal that local firms do benefit from the presence of foreign MNEs, and the effect is higher when local and foreign firms in manufacturing sectors are co-located. However, spillovers benefiting domestic firms are likely to be less influenced by co-location when foreign MNEs are in services sectors as the latter are different from manufacturing industries under a number of aspects that overcome the effect of distance. Indeed, in these sectors, proximity and interaction are often obtained through professional mobility and temporary inter-organizational routines.

Keywords: International; Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2011-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.99683

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