TY - JOUR
T1 - Foreign direct investment and technology spillovers in sub-Saharan Africa
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
AU - Bwalya, Samuel Mulenga
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an effective conduit for technology transfer through technology spillovers to domestically owned firms in the host country. This study analyses the significance of productivity externalities of FDI to local firms, in terms of both intra-industry and inter-industry spillovers, using firm-level data from Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The results show evidences in support of intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers from FDI for Kenya and Zimbabwe.
AB - Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an effective conduit for technology transfer through technology spillovers to domestically owned firms in the host country. This study analyses the significance of productivity externalities of FDI to local firms, in terms of both intra-industry and inter-industry spillovers, using firm-level data from Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The results show evidences in support of intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers from FDI for Kenya and Zimbabwe.
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U2 - 10.1080/13504850802167173
DO - 10.1080/13504850802167173
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951071664
SN - 1350-4851
VL - 17
SP - 605
EP - 608
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
IS - 6
ER -
