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

Sergio Mariotti, Marco Mutinelli, Marcella Nicolini and Lucia Piscitello
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Marco Mutinelli: University of Brescia

No 2011.06, Working Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

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: Multinational Firms; Co-Location; Proximity; Spillover Effects; Customer-Supplier Interaction; Vertical Linkages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 F23 O19 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-01
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