摘要：ln many regions of the United States, including the Northeast, foreign direct investment (FOI) has become a powerful source of new employment growth, technology transfer, and economic diversification (McConnell 1983; Little 1985, 1988). A prominent theme of the literature on this subject is that sustained infiows of FOI can substantially improve a region's export and income potential, especially over the long run, and that certain types of FOI can generate new input-output linkages between key sectors of a region's economy, adding fresh technological potential for local product innovation, exports, and industriaI job retention.
