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Former foreign affiliates : cast out and outperformed?
Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Poelhekke, Steven - 2014
The literature has documented a positive effect of foreign ownership on firm performance. But is this effect due to a one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus on divestments, that is, foreign affiliates that are...
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Do research universities boost regional economic development? : evidence from China
Chu, Shuai; Liu, Xiangbo - 2021
a forced relocation of a research university in China. We analyze the development in the treated regions compared with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392704
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Regional economic impacts of immigration : a review
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2009 - Version: 23 July 2009
A burgeoning literature has emerged during the last two decades to assess the economic impacts of immigration on host countries. In recent years much research has been at the national level under the assumption that impacts in open regions may dissipate through adjustment processes such as...
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Territorial capital and regional growth : increasing returns in cognitive knowledge use
Capello, Roberta; Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2009
Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...
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Local secessions, homophily, and growth : a model with some evidence from the regions of Abruzzo and Molise (Italy, 1963)
Dalmazzo, Alberto; De Blasio, Guido; Poy, Samuele - 2017
This paper analyses the case of a local secession, i.e. the birth of a new local jurisdiction by separation from an existing one. We present a stylized model in which society is composed of heterogeneous groups and individuals have an homophily bias. The model predicts that: i) separations, such...
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Labour manoeuvrability and economic performance in township-village enterprises : the case of China
Modderman, Eelco; Gorter, Cees; Dalhuisen, Jasper M.; … - 2001
township-village enterprises in the Jiangsu province, China. We start with a generaloverview of the development in the Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317456
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Labour manoeuvrability and economic performance in town-ship-village enterprises : the case of China
Modderman, Eelco (contributor) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001601273
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Trade between China and the Netherlands : a case study of globalization
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Hayat, Raphie - 2008
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Trade between China and the Netherlands : a case study of globalization
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Hayat, Raphie - 2008 - Version 12 February 2008
During the last decades, the growth of trade between China and the Netherlands has been larger than the increase in … bilateral trade flows between China and most other countries. Using a time series based gravity model, this paper investigates …-house offshoring to China is a major determinant of Dutch import growth from China. Dutch firms tend to offshore production in …
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A fragmented China
Poncet, Sandra - 2004
This paper studies the degree of integration of China's domestic market and investigates the determinants of inter … China's domestic marketfragmentation along provincial borders great, but it also has become more severe atleast between 1992 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337997