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Technological and informational spillovers from multinational firms can be particularly beneficial to domestic firms especially in less developed economies. The technological superiority and management experience of foreign multinational firms yield various opportunities for learning. Yet, the...
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be expected to have some impact on the kinds of spillovers different kinds of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects …
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knowledge, and political decision-making in the home country. The main conclusion is that outward FDI is beneficial to the … effects (particularly on the balance-of-payments) has at times motivated restrictions on FDI. The final part of the paper … which may, at least in theory, provide an alternative to inward FDI as a source of technology for the more advanced …
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This paper analyzes the transfer pricing of multinational firms. We propose a simple framework in which intra-firm prices may systematically deviate from arm's length prices for two motives: i) pricing to market, and ii) tax avoidance. Multinational firms may decide not to avoid taxes if the...
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This paper uses micro-data on balance sheets, trade, and the nationality of ownership of firms in France to investigate the effect of foreign multinationals on business cycle comovement. We first show that foreign affiliates, which represent a tiny fraction of all firms, are responsible for a...
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This paper studies how the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) regime in destination countries influences the way multinationals structure the international organization of their production. In particular, we explore how multinationals divide tasks of different complexities across countries with...
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This paper studies how the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) regime in destination countries influences the way multinationals structure the international organization of their production. In particular, we explore how multinationals divide tasks of different complexities across countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010827787
After a review of the literature, we conclude that there is potential for significant “spillover effects” from FDI into … in the latter. We propose further that an analysis of the type of FDI flowing to different regions and countries could … examine the nature of skills provided by FDI, and ways in which training institutions, business schools, for example, can …
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is that the strongest theoretical motive for financial subsidies to inward FDI – spillovers of foreign technology and …
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