Investimento direto estrangeiro e transbordamento de produtividade na indústria de transformação brasileira, no período de 2000 a 2005

• Ano de defesa: 2008
• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Nádia Campos
• Orientador(a): Calegário, Cristina Lelis Leal
• Banca de defesa: Reis, Ricardo Pereira
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Lavras
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: DAE - Programa de Pós-graduação; Pós-graduação stricto-sensu em Administração
• Departamento: Departamento de Administração e Economia
• País: BRASIL
• Palavras-chave em Português: Indústria de transformação; Produtividade; Transbordamento; Investimento direto estrangeiro; Manufacturing industry; Productivity; Spillover; Foreign direct investment
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ_NÃO_INFORMADO
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufla.br/handle/1/2521

The main objective of this study was to investigate whether the presence of foreign direct investment (IDE) produces productivity spillovers in the Brazilian manufacturing industry in the period between 2000 and 2005. The study has a quantitative nature and the statistical model of analysis used was the Generalized Linear Models. The empirical evidences of this study show that the spillovers occurrence differs among industries. The positive effect of FDI is perceived in capital intensive and high absorption capacity industries. Moreover, the FDI entry in labour intensive industries has negative impacts on the industries productivity. The spillovers benefits of the presence of FDI depend on the industries absorption capacity. A minimum level of absorption capacity is required so that domestic firms can learn and benefit from externalities arising from the presence of FDI. Another important conclusion of the study is that the industries absorption capacity is higher for the higher-technology sectors. To answer that question, whether FDI is capable of increasing the industries productivity levels or more productive industries automatically attract more FDI, we conducted the FDI determinants analysis. The results for FDI determinants suggests that foreign investors are attracted not only by productivity and higher performance industries but, depending on the strategy adopted, they may invest in lower performance industries, that can offer growth and efficiency improvement potential levels. Those results have important evidences about the FDI role in the Brazilian manufacturing industry. They suggest that the spillovers occurrence depends on a wide range of factors related not only to the industries characteristics, but also the country and the foreign investors strategies.