Abstract
The ability to absorb and use effectively FDI flows by countries to enhance their national
productive systems is directly related to the degree of functioning of an economy’s national
innovation system. We develop a heuristic NSI-FDI framework that proposed three types of
NSIs (well functioning/strong, relatively well functioning, and weak) in relation with three
types of corresponding FDI outcomes (High-end, Medium or Average, and Low-end). We
then selected both large and small developing economies -- China, India, South Africa,
Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zambia with both different NSIs and FDI flows. The
countries were differentiated with respect to core differences in the types of NSIs. Using
descriptive data we analysed the nature of FDI flows and their impacts or outcomes in these
countries and showed that the characteristics of the NSI in these countries largely shaped
the flow and the impact of FDI on these economies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001619 |
| Date | 01 December 2008 |
| Creators | Muchie, M, Baskaran, A |
| Contributors | Middlesex University Business School |
| Publisher | Tshwane University of Technology |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | Tshwane University of Technology |
| Relation | Institute for Economic Research on Innovation |
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