Foreign investment and spillovers /

The spillover effect of multinational companies has, historically, been subject to much debate. The assumption that the host country can be expected to enjoy spillovers – improvements in the balance of payments, in the influx of foreign currency and in other sectors of the economy not directly affec...

• Main Author: Blomstrom, Magnus
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London : Routledge, 1989
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: INVERSIONES EXTRANJERAS; TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIA; EMPRESAS MULTINACIONALES; MEXICO; EMPRESAS TRANSNACIONALES

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction. 2. Multinationals and Technology Transfer: A Survey. 3. The Comparative Performance of Foreign and Domestic Firms in Mexico: The Basis for Spillovers. 4. Foreign Investment and Spillover Efficiency in Mexico. 5. The Nature of Spillover Efficiency 6. Multinationals and Market Structure in Mexico. 7. Foreign Investment and Structural Change: An Agenda for Research.