FDI Perspective No. 60: “National companies or foreign affiliates: Whose contribution to growth is greater?,” by Alice H. Amsden.

National firms fulfill functions that foreign affiliates are less likely to undertake. For this reason, there is a growth/efficiency justification for government programs designed to support and promote national companies (public and private) as opposed to, and in competition with, opening the doors to MNEs.

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