Driffield, Nigel L. and Love, James H. (2003) Foreign direct investment, technology sourcing and reverse spillovers. The Manchester School, Volume 71 (Number6). pp. 659-672. doi:10.1046/j.1467-9957.2003.00372.x

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Abstract

Recent theoretical work points to the possibility of foreign direct investment motivated not by ‘ownership’ advantages which may be exploited by a multinational enterprise but by the desire to access the superior technology of a host nation through direct investment. To be successful, technology sourcing foreign direct investment hinges crucially on the existence of domestic-to-foreign technological externalities within the host country. We test empirically for the existence of such ‘reverse spillover’ effects for a panel of UK manufacturing industries. The results demonstrate that technology generated by the domestic sector spills over to foreign multinational enterprises, but that this effect is restricted to relatively research and development intensive sectors. There is also evidence that these spillover effects are affected by the spatial concentration of industry, and that learning-by-doing effects are restricted to sectors in which technology sourcing is unlikely to be a motivating influence.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	The Manchester School
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	1463-6786
Official Date:	October 2003
Dates:	Date Event October 2003 Published
Volume:	Volume 71
Number:	Number6
Page Range:	pp. 659-672
DOI:	10.1046/j.1467-9957.2003.00372.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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