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World Market Access of Emerging-Market Firms: the Role of Foreign Ownership and Access to External Finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity, size, etc., we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886876
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Multinationals in Sub-Saharan Africa: Domestic Linkages and Institutional Distance
Pérez-Villar, Lucia; Seric, Adnan - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
This paper analyzes the role of institutional distance in the establishment of domestic linkages by multinational enterprises in a cross- section of 19 Sub- Saharan countries. Investors’ familiarity with formal and informal procedures in the host country lowers uncertainty and facilitates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886847
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Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
, productivity and industry affiliation. These differences between foreign-owned firms and domestically controlled firms are highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886982
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Outward FDI by Singapore : a different animal?
Ellingsen, Gaute; Likumahuwa, Winfried; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
Singapore?s outward FDI is peculiar in important respects, even though it shares some characteristics with FDI undertaken by traditional investor countries. The focus of FDI in the manufacturing sector on lower-income Asian host countries suggests that the motivations and trade repercussions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955561
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Relocation, offshoring and labour market repercussions : the case of the German automobile industry in Central Europe
Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
The paper raises the proposition that Central Europe?s integration into the international division of labour has added significantly to competitive pressure in the German automobile industry. Based on production and trade data, we trace two dimensions of competitive pressure: relocation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956002
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Are Newly Exporting Firms more Innovative? Findings from Matched Spanish Innovators
Hanley, Aoife; Monreal-Pérez, Joaquín - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
macroeconomic shocks. Our results confirm that selection into exporting is largely driven by productivity and industry technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320182
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Emerging East-West collaborative networks: An appraisal
Schmidt, Klaus-Dieter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
Although an extensive amount of literature reviews emerging patterns of east-west co-operation, it is not easy to grasp the state of the art. Too many of the books, articles and papers tend to mark the trees rather than to map the forest. The paper analyses recent trends from the point of view...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276078
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Foreign direct investment and trade in transition countries: Tracing links. A sequel
Naujoks, Petra; Schmidt, Klaus-Dieter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1995
This paper deals with the interactions between outward investments of western multinationals and export performance of their affiliates in transition countries. It argues that multinationals make an important contribution to increasing, diversifying and up-grading trade, because they are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276389
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Foreign Ownership and the Export and Import Propensities of Developing-Country Firms
Boddin, Dominik; Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity and other characteristics, we find that foreign ownership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011208179
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Offshoring, Domestic Outsourcing, and Productivity: Evidence for a Number of European Countries
Schwörer, Tillmann - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
question whether this has led to productivity gains within firms. I address this question by combining industry-level data on … offshoring and domestic outsourcing with a firm panel. I find that offshoring of non-core activities has led to productivity … gains whereas offshoring of core activities and domestic outsourcing have had no such effects. The estimated productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886967