Potential and Actual FDI Spillovers in Global Value Chains The Role of Foreign Investor Characteristics, Absorptive Capacity and Transmission Channels
Using unique survey data on direct supplier-multinational linkages in Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Paring Knives Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Vietnam, this paper fi rst evaluates how foreign investors differ from domestic producers in terms of their potential to generate positive spillovers for local suppliers.It fi nds that foreign fi rms outperfor