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Local firms spillovers from multinationals? exports in Switzerland

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  • Ben Hamida, Lamia

    (HES-SO - University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute École de Gestion Arc - Neuchâtel)

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This paper aims to examine how local firms can learn from the export activities of large multinational corporations (MNCs). Arguing that MNCs? export activities could act as catalysts for local firms, allowing them to start exporting or intensify their export volume, we hypothesize that the size and extent of export spillovers depend on the linkage between local firms and MNCs, the geographical distance between them in the home country, and the foreign export market destination in terms of psychic distance from the home market. Using Swiss manufacturing firm-level data, we found support to this learning by exporting effect through which local firms benefit from the presence of MNCs? exporter counterparts and the export activities of their upstream MNCs? suppliers, with particular effects of the nature and the physical location of destinations. From these findings, several important academic and practical implications are exhibited and discussed

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  • Ben Hamida, Lamia, 2024. "Local firms spillovers from multinationals? exports in Switzerland," Small Business International Review, Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas - AECA, vol. 8(1), pages 581-581, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:aaz:sbir01:v:8:y:2024:i:1:p:e581
    DOI: 10.26784/sbir.v8i1.581
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    Keywords

    MNCs; local firms; export spillovers; regional effect; export destination; horizontal and vertical linkages;
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • F63 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Economic Development

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