This article examines the relationship between foreign MNE investment and the productivity of domestic firms, focusing on the boundary conditions that channel the emergence of asymmetric spillover effects from foreign companies. We build an original conceptual framework incorporating the novel notions of pressure to compete and pressure to innovate, both combining different aspects of business-level and industry-wide heterogeneity. By employing data for 12,189 Italian manufacturing firms over the period 2003–2009, we highlight that the interplay between these pressures functions as a catalyst for the emergence of large asymmetries in the relationship between foreign MNEs and domestic firm productivity.

本文研究了跨国公司跨国公司投资与国内公司生产率之间的关系，重点研究了引导外国公司出现非对称溢出效应的边界条件。我们建立了一个原始的概念框架，结合了竞争压力和创新压力的新颖概念，两者结合了业务水平和行业范围异质性的不同方面。通过使用2003-2009年间12189家意大利制造企业的数据，我们强调了这些压力之间的相互作用是外国跨国公司与国内企业生产率之间关系出现不对称现象的催化剂。