Exploring the impact of national system of innovation on the outcomes of foreign direct investment.
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Baskaran, A. and Muchie, M. 2009. Exploring the impact of national system of innovation on the outcomes of foreign direct investment. International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development. 2 (4), pp. 314-345. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTLID.2009.026820
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Title | Exploring the impact of national system of innovation on the outcomes of foreign direct investment. |
Authors | Baskaran, A. and Muchie, M. |
Abstract | This paper attempts to explore the possible relationship between the characteristics of National System of Innovation (NSI) and their impact on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outcomes, particularly in developing countries. We employ a heuristic NSI-FDI conceptual framework linking the robustness of NSI to the benefits or lack of it from FDI. We create a taxonomy of NSIs as well functioning/strong, relatively well functioning and weak and try to empirically find how each NSI type is related to corresponding FDI outcomes. We examine whether a strong NSI can bring a high-end benefit from FDI, whether those with a weak NSI are at the low end of the FDI potential benefit spectrum, and whether a relatively well functioning NSI is linked to medium or average FDI outcomes. We used descriptive data from selected developing economies -- China, India, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zambia – and applied this conceptual framework. Despite some data limitations, our case studies show that the characteristics and robustness (or lack of robustness) of NSI can impact on how FDI flows to a country and the kinds of outcomes it will produce, other things being equal. Therefore, how countries build their NSI matters significantly to national policy making. |
Keywords | foreign direct investment; FDI; national innovation system; technology spillovers; China; India; South Africa; Ghana; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Zambia. |
Publisher | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
Journal | International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development |
ISSN | 1753-1942 |
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2009 | |
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Deposited | 19 Feb 2010 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTLID.2009.026820 |
Language | English |
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