Foreign investment in Portugal and knowledge spillovers

From the Methuen Treaty to the 21st century

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8420652
AutoresTeresa Silva Lopes (University of York, autor de correspondencia), Vítor Corado Simões (0000-0002-9436-7916, University of Lisbon)
Año2020
Volumen62
Número7
Páginas1079-1106
Fecha de publicación2020-10-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076791.2017.1386177
OpenAlexW2769090733
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas84

This article looks at the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on host-country firms’ capabilities, industry competitiveness and long-term economic development. Focussing on the case of Portugal over a period of 300 years, it develops a framework of the types of knowledge spillovers, based on the behaviour of, and interactions between, foreign investors and local players. This study argues that the impact of FDI in Portugal has evolved in stages, from closed to interactive approaches, increasing the learning by local players. These ultimately lead to the long-term upgrade of firms’ capabilities, industry competitiveness and host-country economic development

Business · Economics · Foreign direct investment · Host (biology · International economics · International trade · Investment (military · Macroeconomics · Political science · Treaty · Upgrade · Global Trade and Competitiveness · Innovation and Knowledge Management · International Business and FDI