This collection of papers from the NIESR conference at the British Academy identifies the channels through which inward investment can affect host economies, and provides quantitative evidence on the extent to which inward investment has acted to shape the size and structure of …
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Most industrialised economies rely increasingly on knowledge-based activities. The processes of globalisation and European integration have simultaneously encouraged the growth of foreign direct investment, with multinational companies helping to transmit firm-specific technolog…
This text identifies the key channels through which inward investment might be expected to affect host economies. It combines methodologies and firm-level data to enable empirical ealuation of the impact of inward investment.