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Synchronized Factories: Latin America and the Caribbean in the Era of Global Value Chains
Blyde, Juan S. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
The objective of this report is to examine the extent to which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participate in global value chains and what are the drivers of such participation. Production processes have been increasingly fragmented worldwide. For example, the production of the...
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Rent(s) Asunder: Sectoral Rent Extraction Possibilities and Bribery by Multinational Corporations
Malesky, Edmund; Jensen, Nathan; Gueorguiev, Dimitar - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2011
We argue that openness to foreign investment can have differential effects on corruption, even within the same country and under the exact same domestic institutions over time. Our theoretical approach departs from standard political economy by attributing corruption motives to firms as well as...
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Drivers and Impacts in the Globalization of Corporate R&D: An Introduction Based on the European Experience
Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro; Vivarelli, Marco; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: "Globalization and Corporate R&D" forthcoming …
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