EMPLOYMENT GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LINKAGES IN FOREIGN‐OWNED AND DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES<sup>*</sup>

McAleese, Dermot; McDonald, Donogh

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0084.1978.mp40004003.x

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“…Many studies tend to confirm this, e.g. McAleese and McDonald (1978), O'Farrell andO'Loughlin (1981), Driffield andMohd Noor (1999), Giroud and Mirza (2006) and Tavares and Young (2006). However, Görg and Ruane (2001) find a non-linear relationship between firm age and supplier linkages.…”

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“…The experience in a host country is widely believed to be an important determinant of the extent of local sourcing (e.g. McAleese and McDonald, 1978;O'Farrell and O'Loughlin, 1981;Ruane, 2000, 2001;Tavares and Young, 2006). Finding and establishing relationships with suitable and reliable local suppliers is a time-consuming process.…”

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“…In the past 30 years or so, local input linkages associated with foreign firms have been extensively examined in the US (Reid, 1994), the UK (Pearce and Papanastassiou, 1997;Crone, 2002;Williams 2005), Ireland (McAleese and McDonald, 1978;O'Farrell andO'Loughlin, 1980, 1981;Ruane, 2000, 2001) and in Europe (Tavare and Young, 2006). In the context of developing countries, Alfaro and Rodríguez-Clare (2004) compare variations in backward linkages of foreign firms in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, and Giroud and Mirza (2006) in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.…”

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Local sourcing from indigenous firms by multinational enterprises (MNEs) is an important channel through which the former may benefit from the positive externalities generated by the latter. Employing a special survey data set covering 493 multinational subsidiaries in China for the period 1999-2005, this paper investigates the determinants of local sourcing. It is found that the extent to which an MNE sources from indigenous firms is influenced by its entry, network and market orientation strategies, its basic characteristics such as size and learning ability and its country-of-origin. The importance of these determinants varies with regions.JEL Codes: F2, O1

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“…In Ireland, the linkages with local firms were stronger between newly founded companies and other local ones than between foreign companies and local ones, but the differences were not significant (McAleese & McDonald, 1978). However, in Vietnam, investing firms had the tendency to import most of their necessary goods, therefore creating fewer linkages with local companies (Jenkins, 2006).…”

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The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Romanian Labour Market: New Evidence from a Pooled Model

Maxim

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2017

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“…Numerous studies have been completed on the linkages and embeddedness of foreign and indigenous firms in the Irish economy over the years (Stewart 1976, McAleese and McDonald 1978, O'Farrell and O'Loughlin 1980, Kennedy 1991, Ruane and Gorg 1997. These studies found that backward material input linkages were generally limited in all sectors (both foreign and indigenous firms) with the exception of the Food, Drink and Tobacco and the Non-Metallic Mineral Product sectors.…”

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The spatiality of Irish manufacturing linkages in the ‘Celtic Tiger’ era

Brennan

Breathnach

2009

Irish Geography

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Manufacturing investment from abroad has been of immense importance to Ireland's economic development in recent decades. In particular, high levels of foreign investment in manufacturing were the main contributor to the unprecedented economic growth rates from the early 1990s which led to Ireland's economy being compared with the Asian 'Tigers'. Clearly it is desirable from a national economic point of view that the current base of foreign manufacturing firms should remain as embedded as possible. In this respect, the low level of local linkages developed by foreign firms has been a constant concern for policymakers. A number of studies have been conducted on the nature of linkages developed within the Irish economy by foreign-owned manufacturing plants in terms of the nature of these linkages and their potential for further development. However, there has been little research on the spatial patterns of external linkages of the plants in question. Based on a survey of 91 firms in four key manufacturing sectors, this paper examines the spatial configuration of the material input linkages of Irish manufacturing industry. The findings show that major sectoral variations exist in the spatiality of the linkage structures of Irish manufacturing industry. The paper concludes with a discussion of the possible implications of these variations for the future stability and embeddedness of manufacturing firms in the Irish economy.Keywords: spatial linkages; Ireland; 'Celtic Tiger'; manufacturing industry Introduction The 1950s saw the emergence of 'new spatial divisions of labour' within large industrial corporations based in the advanced western economies. A key element of this was the relocation of routine, labour-intensive, production activities in response to measures being implemented by governments to attract industrial development to other countries and regions. Over time, the resultant 'branch plant industrialisation' became the subject of growing criticism relating, among other things, to the quality of the jobs created, the very limited extent of their 'knock-on' effects within the local economies in which they were located and the instability of industrial plants set up through this form of industrial development. Branch plants were seen as 'snatchers' rather than 'stickers' which were happy to take whatever benefits were available (cheap labour, grants and subsidies, tax incentives) but that corporations had no compunctions about pulling out when unfavourable conditions presented themselves or where superior alternatives became available elsewhere (Dicken et al. 1994).

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EMPLOYMENT GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LINKAGES IN FOREIGN‐OWNED AND DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES^*

Cited by 93 publications

References 12 publications

Local sourcing of multinational enterprises in China

Local sourcing of multinational enterprises in China

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Romanian Labour Market: New Evidence from a Pooled Model

The spatiality of Irish manufacturing linkages in the ‘Celtic Tiger’ era

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Local sourcing of multinational enterprises in China

Local sourcing of multinational enterprises in China

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Romanian Labour Market: New Evidence from a Pooled Model

The spatiality of Irish manufacturing linkages in the ‘Celtic Tiger’ era

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