Technology Transfer and Spillovers? Does Local Participation with Multinationals Matter?

Magnus Blomstrom and Fredrik Sjöholm

No 6816, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper examines the effects on technology transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign multinational affiliates. More specifically, we try to answer two questions, using unpublished Indonesian micro data. Firstly, do establishments with minority and majority ownership differ in terms of productivity levels? Secondly, does the degree of spillover differ with the degree of ownership in the FDI? Our results show that foreign establishments have comparable high levels of labor productivity and that domestic establishments benefit from spillovers. However, the degree of foreign ownership does neither affect the level of labor productivity in foreign establishments, nor the degree of spillovers.

JEL-codes: J23 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-11
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Published as European Economic Review, Vol 43, nos.4-6 (April 1999): 915-923.

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