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Market Size, Division of Labor, and Firm Productivity
Chaney, Thomas; Ossa, Ralph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We generalize Krugman's (1979) 'new trade' model by allowing for an explicit production chain in which a range of tasks is performed sequentially by a number of specialized teams. We demonstrate that an increase in market size induces a deeper division of labor among these teams which leads to...
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Much Ado About Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Investment?
Görg, Holger; Greenaway, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Many governments offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of spillover …
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Mode of Foreign Entry, Technology Transfer, and FDI Policy
Mattoo, Aaditya; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Saggi, Kamal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Foreign direct investment (FDI) can take place either through the direct entry of foreign firms or the acquisition of …
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The Gravity of Knowledge
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
How large are spatial barriers to transferring knowledge? We analyze the international operations of multinational firms to answer this fundamental question. In our model firms can transfer bits of knowledge to their foreign a¢ liates in either embodied (traded intermediates) or disembodied...
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Does FDI Work as a Channel for R&D Spillovers? Evidence Based on Swedish Data
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
R&D spillovers as well. This paper analyses empirically whether inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) work … as channels for international R&D spillovers. We utilize firm-level as well as industry-level data for Swedish … manufacturing in the analysis. We find no evidence of FDI-related R&D spillovers - neither at the firm-level nor at the industry …
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Global Production and Trade in the Knowledge Economy
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper presents and tests a new model of multinational firms to explain a rich array of multinational behavior. In contrast to most approaches, here the multinational faces costs to transferring its know-how that are increasing in technological complexity. Costly technology transfer gives...
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Knowledge Diffusion, Supplier's Technological Effort and Technology Transfer via Vertical Relationships
Goh, Ai Ting - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper studies the effect of knowledge diffusion on the incentives for developed countries’ (DC) firms to undertake costly transfer of production knowledge of an input to their developing countries’ (LDC) suppliers whose costs of production vary inversely with their technological effort....
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Intellectual Property Rights and Entry into a Foreign Market: FDI vs Joint Ventures
Leahy, Dermot; Naghavi, Alireza - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
industry and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in a recipient country. It then analyzes the link between the … greenfield foreign direct investment to avoid the exposure of its technology or entering a JV with a local firm, which allows R …
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Multinational Corporations and Spillovers
Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
industry as well as firms in other industries. There is no comprehensive evidence on the exact nature or magnitude of these …. In particular, the positive effects of foreign investment are likely to increase with the level of local capability and …
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Foreign Direct Investment, Competitive Pressure and Spillovers. An Empirical Analysis of Spanish Firm Level Data
Sembenelli, Alessandro; Siotis, Georges - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
A short review of the theoretical and empirical evidence indicates that foreign direct investment (FDI) has the …
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