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Does FDI Work as a Channel for R&D Spillovers? Evidence Based on Swedish Data
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina; Knarvik, Midelfart; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
R&D spillovers as well. This paper analyzes 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207055
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Foreign Operations of Swedish Manufacturing Firms - Evidence from the IUI Survey on Multinationals 2003
Hakkala, Katariina; Zimmermann, David - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005
The paper serves as a documentation of the survey IUI has conducted on Swedish multinational firms (MNEs) in 2004. It describes recent trends in the operations of Swedish multinational firms participating in the survey and foreign direct investment (FDI) of Swedish firms in general. The survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645356
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Cost Reducing Innovations and Endogenous Spillovers
Nyberg, Sten - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1991
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685070
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Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities
Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, Fredrik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
The growing number of cross-border acquisitions has in many countries raised concerns about labor demand consequences. In this study, we use detailed firm level data to examine how increased internationalization and multinational activity affect the volatility of employment, or rather, the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207058
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Liberalized Trade and Worker-Firm Matching
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
Recent theoretical analysis suggests that a reduction in the cost of exporting increases the degree of assortative matching between workers and firms in export-oriented industries. Changes that reduce the cost of imports have an ambiguous impact on matching. We combine detailed Swedish matched...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010542070
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International Competitiveness and the Choice of Entry Mode: Japanese Multinationals in U.S. and European Manufacturing Industries
Yamawaki, Hideki - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994
No abstract
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611574
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Evidence on Declining Exports Due to Overseas Production
Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1993
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611577
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Domestic and Foreign Investment by Swedish Multinationals
Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1993
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611578
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Multinational Firms and Job Tasks
Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
We use Swedish matched employer-employee data to analyze the impact of multinational activity and foreign acquisitions on the relative demand for different job tasks. We contribute to the literature by using a conceptualization from the recent literature in international economics and define the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645336
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R&D, Learning-by-Doing and the Multinational Growth of Swedish Firms
Swedenborg, Birgitta - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1989
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685063