TY - UNPB

T1 - Productivity spillovers among OECD, diaspora and indigenous firms in Chinese manufacturing

AU - Wei, Y

AU - Liu, X

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - It is the conventional wisdom that productivity spillovers from home based to foreign owned firms occur only in the economies of developed countries. This paper argues that there are exceptions to the conventional wisdom. Given the importance of indigenous knowledge in productivity enhancement, spillovers could occur from domestically owned to foreign owned firms in developing countries. Given their unique position, diaspora firms could play a special role in facilitating such reverse spillovers. These propositions are tested in the context of the OECD, diaspora and domestically owned firms in China, utilising data relating to a sample of firms in China s manufacturing sector.

AB - It is the conventional wisdom that productivity spillovers from home based to foreign owned firms occur only in the economies of developed countries. This paper argues that there are exceptions to the conventional wisdom. Given the importance of indigenous knowledge in productivity enhancement, spillovers could occur from domestically owned to foreign owned firms in developing countries. Given their unique position, diaspora firms could play a special role in facilitating such reverse spillovers. These propositions are tested in the context of the OECD, diaspora and domestically owned firms in China, utilising data relating to a sample of firms in China s manufacturing sector.

KW - Foreign direct investment

KW - indigenous knowledge sourcing

KW - diaspora firms

KW - productivity spillovers

M3 - Working paper

T3 - Economics Working Paper Series

BT - Productivity spillovers among OECD, diaspora and indigenous firms in Chinese manufacturing

PB - The Department of Economics

CY - Lancaster University

ER -