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<p>The Indonesian government issued a policy that restricts foreign ownership in several industries including the food industry, with the objective of protecting the domestically owned firm. This research analyzed the productivity differences between foreign-owned and domestically owned plants in the Indonesian food industry and whether the percentage of foreign ownership is related to productivity. Micro data on the food industry were obtained from the Annual Survey of Large and Medium scale Industries (IBS) in 2015 conducted by Statistics Indonesia. The results showed that there were productivity differences between the foreign-owned and domestically owned plants. The foreign-owned plants had higher productivity than the domestic plants. The productivity of plants with minority foreign ownership (less than 50 percent) was not significantly different from that of domestically owned plants. Meanwhile, the productivity of plants with foreign ownership more than 50 percent was significantly different from that of plants with domestic ownership. Wholly foreignowned plants (100 percent) did not demonstrate the highest productivity difference. When the data were disaggregated at the sub-sector level, the results varied among industries.</p>
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The Indonesian government issued a policy that restricts foreign ownership in several industries including the food industry, with the objective of protecting the domestically owned firm. This research analyzed the productivity differences between foreign-owned and domestically owned plants in the Indonesian food industry and whether the percentage of foreign ownership is related to productivity. Micro data on the food industry were obtained from the Annual Survey of Large and Medium scale Industries (IBS) in 2015 conducted by Statistics Indonesia. The results showed that there were productivity differences between the foreign-owned and domestically owned plants. The foreign-owned plants had higher productivity than the domestic plants. The productivity of plants with minority foreign ownership (less than 50 percent) was not significantly different from that of domestically owned plants. Meanwhile, the productivity of plants with foreign ownership more than 50 percent was significantly different from that of plants with domestic ownership. Wholly foreignowned plants (100 percent) did not demonstrate the highest productivity difference. When the data were disaggregated at the sub-sector level, the results varied among industries.

Foreign Ownership and Productivity of Food Industries in Indonesia

Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Economics and Management

Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management

Studies in Business and Economics

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The Indonesian government issued a policy that restricts foreign ownership in several industries including the food industry, with the objective of protecting...

Foreign Ownership and Productivity of Food Industries in Indonesia

Publié en ligne: 31 mai 2022

Pages: 130 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2022-0009

Mots clés
Foreign, cobb douglas, productivity, food industry

© 2022 Nauly Dahlia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Foreign Ownership and Productivity of Food Industries in Indonesia

Publié en ligne: 31 mai 2022

Pages: 130 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2022-0009

Mots clésForeign, cobb douglas, productivity, food industry

© 2022 Nauly Dahlia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Foreign, cobb douglas, productivity, food industry