Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53225 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 06.2011
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
The paper analyses productivity spillovers from foreign MNEs on domestic manufacturing firms. Using a database on foreign MNEs in Italy, our results reveal that local firms do benefit from the presence of foreign MNEs, and the effect is higher when local and foreign firms in manufacturing sectors are co-located. However, spillovers benefiting domestic firms are likely to be less influenced by co-location when foreign MNEs are in services sectors as the latter are different from manufacturing industries under a number of aspects that overcome the effect of distance. Indeed, in these sectors, proximity and interaction are often obtained through professional mobility and temporary inter-organizational routines.
Subjects: 
Multinational firms
Co-location
Proximity
Spillover Effects
Customer-Supplier Interaction
Vertical Linkages
JEL: 
D24
F23
O19
R30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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