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Who gains from whom? Spillovers, competition and technology sourcing in the foreign-owned sector of UK manufacturing
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Driffield, Nigel L. and Love, James H. (2005) Who gains from whom? Spillovers, competition and technology sourcing in the foreign-owned sector of UK manufacturing. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Volume 52 (Number 5). pp. 663-686. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9485.2005.00361.x
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.2005.00361.x
Abstract
There is a growing literature explaining foreign direct investment flows in terms of ‘technology sourcing’, whereby multinational firms invest in certain locations not to exploit their firm-specific assets in the host environment, but to access technology that is generated by host country firms. However, it is far from clear whether the literature has found significant evidence of such activity beyond a few isolated examples. This paper extends this work by allowing for the possibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) sourcing technology not only from host country firms but also from each other within a host economy. The paper demonstrates that MNEs in the UK do indeed appropriate spillovers both from indigenous firms and from other foreign investors, but that there are also significant competition effects that act to reduce productivity in certain industries. The paper also explores which countries' affiliates gain most from technology sourcing in the UK, and which generate the greatest spillovers within the foreign-owned sector.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Scottish Journal of Political Economy | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0036-9292 | ||||
| Official Date: | November 2005 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 52 | ||||
| Number: | Number 5 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 663-686 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2005.00361.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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