Heterogeneous FDI in Transition Economies – A Novel Approach to Assess the Developmental Impact of Backward Linkages

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Linkages and spillovers in global production networks: firm-level analysis of the Czech automotive industry (2016, background): “The absence of R&D functions in 80% of these firms and a low share of college educated workers are important indicators of their low-absorptive capacity (Cohen and Levinthal, 1990; Giroud et al., 2012).”
Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers (2015, background): “Giroud et al. (2012) and Marin and Bell (2006) find that the technological activities of the foreign firms themselves may be an important determinant of whether spillovers are realised.”
Multinational corporations’ economic and human rights impacts on developing countries: a review and research agenda (2014, background): “…or more dimensions) or are minority-owned by the headquarters are more likely to embed in the local economy and generate significant spillover effects (Javorcik, 2004b ; Albornoz et al., 2005; Abraham et al., 2010; GentileLüdecke and Giroud, 2012; Giroud et al., 2012; Irsova and Havrenek, 2012).”
FDI Spillovers and Time Since Foreign Entry (2014, unknown): “…characteristics include such measures as the absorptive capability of the domestic firms (e.g. Merlevede and Schoors, 2007), as well as the characteristics of foreign affiliates such as technological capability, embeddedness, and autonomy (e.g. Giroud et al., 2012 and Marin and Bell, 2006).”