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Foreign direct investment, global value chains and regional economic development in Europe

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This Report is aimed at illustrating the points of contact and synergies between Global Value Chains (GVCs), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and national and regional development trajectories. The Report provides key facts and figures and a tentative analytical and policy framework to detect opportunities and challenges confronted by the Member States of the European Union (EU) and their regions. The growing interdependence of national and regional economies in the international division of labour in GVCs and FDI shapes design, implementation and evaluation of public policies for internationalisation, innovation and economic development at the regional, national and EU level. Informed by different streams of academic literature, and based on a variety of data sources, the Report focuses on three levels of analysis. First, it positions national value chains of European economies in the wider context of international value chains (within and outside the EU) with respect to backward and forward linkages. The latter are also compared with the composition of total value added in final demand within each economy. The role played by foreign affiliates by Multinational enterprises (MNEs) in shaping the host economies by creating gross value added and contributing to trade is also explored, together with inward and outward greenfield FDI. Second, the Report considers the same national level indicators at the industry level, by selecting three GVC-sensitive manufacturing industries: 1. Computer and electronics, one of the most technology-intensive and iconic industries in exemplifying GVCs; 2. Automotive, characterised by high capital-intensity and specialised clusters strongly interconnected within macro-areas; 3. Textiles and apparel, a truly global industry marked by low fixed costs and technology-intensity, and largely offshored to developing economies. Third, the Report provides preliminary insights on the regional level, looking at the spatial heterogeneity of GVC integration on the basis of FDI inflows and outflows (as a proxy of GVC participation) by function/value chain stage, geographical orientation, and network position. The Report also considers, always through the lenses of FDI, the overlapping dimension of regions and GVC-sensitive industries.
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ISBN 978-92-76-21072-6
DOI 10.2776/086010
Katalogové číslo KN-04-20-458-EN-N
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ISSN ISBN 978-92-76-21072-6 DOI 10.2776/086010 Katalogové číslo KN-04-20-458-EN-N
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