Similar Search Results

Redefining Foreign Direct Investment Policy: A Two Dimensional Framework

Filippov, Sergey; Costa, Ionara - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

Many countries in the world have adopted policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), placing the traditional focus on the maximisation of FDI flows, what can be labeled as a quantitative approach. Recently it has been argued that the FDI policy should be more selective, promoting good...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005451557

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654111

A New Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment, Industrial and Innovation Policies

Costa, Ionara; Filippov, Sergey - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

This paper deals with the interplay between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the industrial and innovation policies of host developing economies. It aims to redefine the nexus between these different, though yet strongly interconnected policy areas, by bringing the affiliates of multinational...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150866

EU enlargement and consequences for FDI assisted industrial development

Narula, Rajneesh; Bellak, Christian - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

Many of the new member states as well as candidate and accession countries of the EU are confident that membership will result in substantially increased inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in manufacturing. This paper discusses the policy issues and challenges that cohesion and accession...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150758

The internationalization of R&D

Hall, Bronwyn H. - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011

This paper surveys what we know about the internationalization of business R&D spending. I examine three specific questions about the global changes in R&D activity: First, what is the evidence that R&D is becoming more internationalized (more footloose)? Second, what are the factors that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323003

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876571