Closing The Eu East-west Productivity Gap: Foreign Direct Investment, Competitiveness And Public Policy
Closing The Eu East-west Productivity Gap: Foreign Direct Investment, Competitiveness And Public Policy

Author: David A Dyker

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2006-06-15

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1908979984

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A product of the Framework V research project, this book addresses one of the key problems facing the EU today: Why is the ‘new’ EU so much poorer than the ‘old’, and how will EU enlargement help to solve the problem? Focusing on the productivity problems underlying the East-West gap, it looks in particular at the role that foreign investment and R&D can play in closing it. Against that background, the book assesses what role proactive development policy might play in attacking the roots of low social productivity. Concluding that there will be a clear-cut process of convergence between East and West, albeit an incomplete one, it finishes with an assessment of the patterns of competitiveness, East and West, that are likely to emerge from this process of incomplete convergence.The material is based on a rich archive of empirical material which no competing title can match, and combines in-depth interviews with standard quantitative approaches and critical policy analysis.

Avenues of Technology Transfer
Avenues of Technology Transfer

Author: Simeon Djankov

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Firm-level data for the Czech Republic during 1992-6 suggest that foreign investment has tended to flow to firms of above average size, initial profitability and initial labor productivity. After controlling for this selection bias, we find that foreign investment has a positive, but statistically insignificant, impact on TFP growth. This is surprising, given that there is a presumption that foreign investors should be transferring new technologies and knowledge to partner firms. Spillovers associated with a foreign investment presence in an industry are found to be negatively correlated with domestic firm performance, while imports are found to have a significant positive effect on TFP growth of such firms. We conclude that trade (imports) appears to have played an important role as a channel for improved performance of Czech enterprises.

Integration Through Foreign Direct Investment
Integration Through Foreign Direct Investment

Author: Gábor Hunya

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2000-01-26

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781782542056

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'This book. . . represents a very valuable contribution to the literature on the role of FDI in development in Central and Eastern Europe. It is therefore a must for both scholars and practitioners who are involved in foreign investment in economies in transition.' - Marjan Svetlicic, Transnational Corporations 'The book goes a long way toward understanding a host of key issues related to the emerging pattern of MNC-cum-host collaborative growth in Central and Eastern Europe.' - from the foreword by Terutomo Ozawa, Colorado State University, US This book explores whether foreign direct investment (FDI) can contribute to the competitiveness of industries in Central Europe and to narrowing the gap between these transition economies and countries within the European Union.

Technology Transfer via Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe
Technology Transfer via Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe

Author: J. Stephan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-11-28

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0230524486

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Foreign subsidiaries of multinational companies are suggested as one of the main channels of technology transfer to less developed economies. In Central East Europe their presence proved to be a decisive factor to economic restructuring and development. This volume is a unique guide to theory, method of research, and empirical evidence, for technology transfer via foreign subsidiaries of multinational companies. It combines the merits of a core text on technology transfer via FDI with up-to-date empirical evidence.