{"id":8584,"date":"2024-05-07T12:08:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T04:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/?post_type=article&#038;p=8584"},"modified":"2024-08-19T09:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T01:40:04","slug":"knowledge-spillovers-and-workers-absorptive-capacity-in-manufacturing-industry","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/knowledge-spillovers-and-workers-absorptive-capacity-in-manufacturing-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Spillovers and Workers\u2019 Absorptive Capacity in Manufacturing Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This article examines the relationship between\u00a0FDI\u00a0and w<\/em><em>orkers\u2019<\/em><em> absorptive capacity on knowledge spillovers by constructing an augmented human capital model based on their education and job training experience.<\/em><em> Employing a quantile regression estimator, the model scrutinises the knowledge flow from multinational corporations (MNCs) via labour mobility spillovers. This study use Malaysian manufacturing industry data from 2000 to 2019. <\/em><em>The results of the study revealed that the Malaysian manufacturing industry has the potential to receive more than 30% of knowledge spillovers from FDI if the level of absorptive capacity of degree and diploma-educated workers reaches the highest quantile<\/em><em>. The locally trained workers\u2019 absorptive capacity to exploit the foreign knowledge spillovers transferred from skilled workers who have worked in MNCs is assimilated only at the 25th quantile of the <\/em><em>conditional knowledge spillovers of FDI distributions.<\/em> <em>This study suggests creating a lucrative reward system for those who successfully transfer the technological knowledge learned while working in multinational companies to employees in local firms. In addition, large-scale training institutions with comprehensive training programs need to be established at all levels of education, especially for the younger generation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","tags":[669,171,789,1825,659],"jel-code":[1828,1826,1827,1444,1829],"article-type":[1329],"class_list":["entry","author-asriwn","post-8584","article","type-article","status-publish","tag-absorptive-capacity","tag-human-capital","tag-knowledge-spillovers","tag-multinational-corporations","tag-quantile-regression","jel-code-c21","jel-code-f20","jel-code-f35","jel-code-j24","jel-code-l6","article-type-normal-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8591,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8584\/revisions\/8591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8584"},{"taxonomy":"jel-code","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jel-code?post=8584"},{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-type?post=8584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}