Exploring the Link between Foreign Direct Investment, Multinational Enterprises and Spillover Effects in Developing Economies
International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 2012
11 Pages Posted: 3 Mar 2012
Date Written: January 1, 2012
Abstract
Multinational enterprises exist because they hold certain competitive advantages over their local counterparts and affect local economies through their spillover effects. Research streams exploring the raison d’ etre and consequences of MNEs are quite distant and remote. This paper analyzes and integrates these two streams of literature, i.e. the competitive advantages that MNEs hold and their spillover effects in developing countries. The paper proposes a relationship and predicts the nature of spillover effects on the basis of competitive advantages of MNEs. This paper can guide the policymakers of developing countries to differentiate between the FDI that is good for their countries and FDI that weakens the already fragile economies of developing countries. The paper also opens a new avenue for the researchers by pointing towards a potential connection between MNEs’ competitive advantages and their spillover effects for the local economies. The relationship between FDI and competitive advantages of MNEs has rarely been researched previously and thus this paper contributes significantly to the existing literature.
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), Developing economies, Competitive advantages, Spillover effects
JEL Classification: F23
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