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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...

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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...

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Finance-specific Factors as Drivers of Cross-border Investment – An OLI Perspective

Forssbaeck, Jens; Oxelheim, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

-financial firms’ international acquisitions. Controlling for traditional firm- and target-country-specific FDI determinants within an …-border investment. We conclude that without explicit consideration of the financial dimension, firms’ FDI decisions cannot be properly …

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Financial Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment

Forssbæck, Jens; Oxelheim, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

We argue that mainstream FDI theory underplays financial motivations for interna-tional investment, and suggest several … possible channels for a distinct cost-of-capital effect on FDI. Using a sample of European firms’ cross-border acquisitions …, and controlling for traditional firm-level determinants of FDI, we find strong evidence in favor of a cost …

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Reconsidering the Choice between Takeover and Greenfield Operations

Andersson, Thomas; Arvidsson, Niklas; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992

No abstract.

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Foreign Direct Investment, Source Country Heterogeneity and Management Practices

Heyman, Fredrik; Nor, Pehr-Johan; Hammarberg, Rickard - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

This paper examines whether and, if so, why source country heterogeneity exists in foreign direct investment (FDI …

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Should R&D Champions be Protected from Foreign Takeovers?

Bertrand, Olivier; Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. Using unique …

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Regional Integration and the Location of Knowledge-Intensive Multinational Firms: Implications for Comparative Advantage and Welfare of Outsiders and Insiders

Braunerhjelm, Pontus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1993

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The EC and the Locational Choice of Swedish Multinational Companies

Swedenborg, Birgitta - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1988

In a world with multinational companies (MNC's) changes such as those implied by the realization of EC's internal market will affect the locational choice made by geographically mobile MNC's. The reason is that the reduction of trade barriers within the EC puts non-EC members at a competitive...

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The International Firm: A Vehicle for Overcoming Barriers to Trade and a Global Intelligence Organization Diffusing the Notion of a Nation

Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1988

The multinational firm (MNF) is introduced as the intersection between trade theory and the theory of the firm. I show that economies of scale associated with various knowledge inputs have made it possible for firms to grow large through internationalization and, once large, staying competitive...

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