TY - BOOK AU - Blomstrom,Magnus TI - Foreign investment and spillovers T2 - Routledge Revivals SN - 0415030730 U1 - 332.67314 PY - 1989/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - INVERSIONES EXTRANJERAS KW - TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIA KW - EMPRESAS MULTINACIONALES KW - MEXICO KW - EMPRESAS TRANSNACIONALES N1 - Incluye bibliografía; 1. Introduction. 2. Multinationals and Technology Transfer: A Survey. 3. The Comparative Performance of Foreign and Domestic Firms in Mexico: The Basis for Spillovers. 4. Foreign Investment and Spillover Efficiency in Mexico. 5. The Nature of Spillover Efficiency 6. Multinationals and Market Structure in Mexico. 7. Foreign Investment and Structural Change: An Agenda for Research N2 - The spillover effect of multinational companies has, historically, been subject to much debate. The assumption that the host country can be expected to enjoy spillovers – improvements in the balance of payments, in the influx of foreign currency and in other sectors of the economy not directly affected by the multinational – has not necessarily been corroborated in practice. First published in 1989, this book addresses this debate, and the very different conclusions that can be drawn about spillovers. Reporting on significant research on Latin America and drawing comparisons with findings elsewhere, Foreign Investment and Spillovers provides students and researches with a truly international perspective ER -