scholarly journals Firm-Level Productivity Spillovers in China's Chemical Industry: A Spatial Hausman-Taylor Approach

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Badi H. Baltagi ◽  
Peter H. Egger ◽  
Michaela Kesina
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Industry ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Productivity Spillovers

scholarly journals Firm-Level Productivity Spillovers in China's Chemical Industry: A Spatial Hausman-Taylor Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 214-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Badi H. Baltagi ◽  
Peter H. Egger ◽  
Michaela Kesina
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Industry ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Productivity Spillovers

Strategies for Global Competition: Transnational Chemical Firms and Singapore's Chemical Cluster

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 847-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason H J Wang ◽  
Henry Wai-Chung Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Industry ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Industry Cluster ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
Global Strategies

The strong performance of Singapore's chemical industry in recent years has increased public awareness about the importance of this obscure sector in the Singapore economy. In the public rhetoric, much of this robust growth is attributed to the industrial policies implemented by the Singapore government. However, the ultimate decision to built a multibillion dollar chemical-processing plant in resource-scarce Singapore still depends very much on the global strategies of transnational chemical firms (CTNCs). The authors propose a firm-level perspective to aid in understanding the development of Singapore's chemical industry. They argue that the global strategies of CTNCs have a vital role to play in promoting growth within the Singapore chemical industry cluster. Conceived under the 1991 Strategic Economic Plan, the idea of clustering represents a radically different approach to the development of the petroleum-refining, petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceutical industries where previously each was deemed a separate activity. Based on field research into over forty subsidiaries and local suppliers of CTNCs in Singapore, the authors highlight the importance of two major contextual influences on the global strategies of CTNCs: rising global competition and the huge market potential offered by developing countries. Given these circumstances, CTNCs have relied on their established capabilities to formulate spatial strategies for increasing global competitiveness. In Singapore, subsidiaries of CTNCs have tapped into cluster-based advantages to enhance their capabilities, thereby contributing to the further growth of Singapore's chemical industry cluster.

scholarly journals Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Productivity Spillovers ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Foreign Affiliates ◽  
Backward Linkages

Many countries strive to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) hoping that knowledge brought by multinationals will spill over to domestic industries and increase their productivity. In contrast with earlier literature that failed to find positive intraindustry spillovers from FDI, this study focuses on effects operating across industries. The analysis, based on firm-level data from Lithuania, produces evidence consistent with positive productivity spillovers from FDI taking place through contacts between foreign affiliates and their local suppliers in upstream sectors. The data indicate that spillovers are associated with projects with shared domestic and foreign ownership but not with fully owned foreign investments.

WAGE SPILLOVERS IN INDIAN MANUFACTURING

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (01) ◽  
pp. 1250006 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. CHIDAMBARAN IYER
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Productivity Spillovers ◽  
Domestic Firms

The presence of foreign firms might lead to movement of skilled labor from domestic firms. To prevent such movement, domestic firms could increase their wages. Also, productivity spillovers from foreign firms may increase the productivity of domestic firms and possibly the wages given in domestic firms. In this paper, we try to answer whether the wages offered by domestic firms to their labor is affected by the presence of foreign firms. We carry out our analysis for an unbalanced firm-level panel dataset for 6 two-digit industries in Indian manufacturing. We find some evidence for positive wage spillover in three industries.

scholarly journals The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Productivity of Domestic Firms: The Case of Sudanese Banking Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 2081-2188
Author(s):  
Nasreldin Tomsah ◽  
Khloud Ali
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Productivity Spillovers ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Foreign Affiliates ◽  
Domestic Banks ◽  
The Impact

The research expands existing international business literature by exploring the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on domestic banks. It investigates how FDI affects the productivity of domestic banks in Sudan. Many countries strive to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) hoping that knowledge brought by FDI will spillover to domestic industries and increase their productivity. In contrast with earlier literature that tried to find positive interindustry spillovers from multinationals, this study focuses on effects operating in banking industry. The analysis, based on firm-level data from Sudan , the results show evidence consistent with positive productivity spillovers from FDI taking place through contacts between foreign affiliates and their local counterparts . The data indicate that productivity spillovers are associated with foreign owned banks.

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