Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Working Paper Series,
Research Institute of Industrial Economics

No 1041: Foreign Direct Investment, Source Country Heterogeneity and Management Practices

Fredrik Heyman (), Pehr-Johan Norbäck () and Rickard Hammarberg ()
Additional contact information
Fredrik Heyman: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Postal: P.O. Box 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden
Pehr-Johan Norbäck: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Postal: P.O. Box 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden
Rickard Hammarberg: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Postal: P.O. Box 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract: This paper examines whether and, if so, why source country heterogeneity exists in foreign direct investment. Using detailed data on all Swedish firms for the period from 1996 to 2009, we find statistical evidence that affiliate performance differs systematically across source countries. We then show that differences in foreign MNEs’ global management practices (estimated from the new firm-level data from the World Management Survey) is an important determinant of productivity among foreign affiliates.

Keywords: Multinational firms; FDI; Management practices; Firm performance

JEL-codes: F21; F23; L10; M10

Language: English

74 pages, First version: September 25, 2014. Revised: June 26, 2017. Earlier revisions: February 11, 2016.

Full text files 

wp1041.pdf PDF-file

Download statistics

Questions (including download problems) about the papers in this series should be directed to Elisabeth Gustafsson ()
Report other problems with accessing this service to Sune Karlsson ().

This page generated on 2024-02-05 17:12:19.