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Successive leadership changes in the regional jet industry
Vertesy D. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
gaining leadership, but also for staying in the market and recovering sunk costs. …
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Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms
Belderbos, René; Ito, Banri; Wakasugi, Ryuhei - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
R&D in foreign affiliates and technology transferred from their parent firms are important potential drivers of productivity in host countries. In this paper we examine the simultaneous impact of local R&D and intra-firm international technology transfer on productivity growth in foreign...
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Foreign Ownership, Technological Capabilities and Exports: Evidence from 205 Clothing Firms in Sri Lanka
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
Sri Lanka was the earliest South Asian economy to introduce economic reforms to attract export-oriented FDI. The rise of clothing production for export, apparently mainly driven by foreign firms, is regarded as a major outcome of the reforms. This paper seeks to examine a range of factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712078
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The viability of sustained growth by India's MNEs: India's dual economy and constraints from location assets
Narula R. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper considers the longer-term viability of the internationalization and success of Indian MNEs. We apply the dual economy concept Lewis 1954, to reconcile the contradictions of the typical emerging economy, where a modern knowledge-intensive economy exists alongside a traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004586
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Asset recombination in international partnerships as a source of improved innovation capabilities in China
Collinson S.; Narula R. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper examines how multinational enterprises MNEs and local partners, including suppliers, customers and competitors in China, improve their innovation capabilities through collaboration. We analyse this collaboration as a three-way interaction between the ownership-specific O advantages or...
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Multinational production and trade in an endogenous growth model with heterogeneous firms
Maemir H.; Ziesemer T.H.W. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
, the size of trade and FDI costs, and the magnitude of technology spillover parameters. We further show that firm … heterogeneity always magnifies average productivity, international spillovers and fixed costs of developing a new variety, which … improves in response to a reduction in trade and FDI costs for empirically plausible parameter values.Keywords firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779340
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The location strategies of multinationals from emerging countries in the EU regions
Crescenzi R.; Pietrobelli C.; Rabellotti R. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2015
This paper contributes to the current debate in both Economic Geography and International Business on the nature and strategies of Multinational Enterprises MNEs from emerging countries EMNEs. The paper fills a very relevant gap in the existing literature by shedding new light on the location...
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Accessibility analysis as an urban planning tool: Gas station location
Escobar D.; Cadena-Gaitán C.; Garcia F. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
We apply geo-statistical techniques to find relationships between the geographic location of urban Gas Stations GS and operational features offered by the transport network in Manizales Colombia. This research is built upon primary information collected during a period longer than one year using...
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Political determinants and impact analysis of using a cable system as a complement to an urban transport system
Escobar-Garcia, Diego; Garcia-Orozco, Francisco; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
years and was a cornerstone in the development of the region. This historic cable enabled the transportation of large … the current cable system in Manizales. We evaluate its costs in a comparative perspective against the impacts generated by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712122
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The determinants of the outward foreign direct investment of China and India: Whither the home country?
Tolentino, Paz Estrella - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
The current study examines the relationships between several home country-specific macroeconomic factors and the level of the outward FDI of China and India using multiple time-series data from 1982 to 2006 and from 1980 to 2006, respectively. With the use of a vector autoregressive model...
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