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- Title
The Long-Term Effects of Foreign Investment on Local Human Capital: Four American Companies in Spain, 1920s–1970s.
- Authors
Puig, Núria; Álvaro-Moya, Adoración
- Abstract
This article explores the long-term effects of foreign direct investment on the human capital development of host economies, based on the historical analysis of the Spanish operations of four leading American firms: ITT, J. Walter Thompson, Merck Sharp & Dohme, and John Deere. Our research shows that the training and working practices of these companies had a positive impact on the Spanish subsidiaries in terms of technological upgrading and managerial development. However, the local context was also relevant, through mandatory agreements that empowered local partners from the start and the availability of locally educated professionals eager to absorb new knowledge.
- Subjects
FOREIGN investments; HUMAN capital; J. Walter Thompson Co. Inc.; MERCK Sharp &; Dohme Ltd.; DEERE &; Co.; EXTERNALITIES
- Publication
Business History Review, 2018, Vol 92, Issue 3, p425
- ISSN
0007-6805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0007680518000764