Foreign Ownership and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Date

2022-05

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Publisher

Taylor and Francis

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Article

Peer reviewed

Yes

Abstract

Our study investigates the effects of foreign ownership on firm performance with respect to profitability, productivity, export intensity, and skills acquisition in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. This is particularly important given that in the last 3 decades, stock of FDI has increased over 20,000% in SSA countries. To achieve the objectives of this paper, we employed firm- and country-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys and the World Bank Development Indicators respectively. Results of the least squares dummy variable (LSDV) and propensity score matching (PSM) estimations showed that foreign ownership was positively associated with higher levels of financial profitability, productivity, exports, and skilled labour acquisition. Policy implications were deduced from the findings.

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Keywords

Exports, FDI, Firm Performance, Ownership Advantages, Sub-Saharan Africa

Citation

Webster, A., Okafor, G., and Barrow, C. (2022) Foreign Ownership and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Transnational Corporations Review,

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Research Institute