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Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises

Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … 1999 to 2003. Our results show that foreign capital participation is associated with higher innovative activity. Inward FDI … in the sector has a negative effect on innovative activity in SOEs. However, there is a positive effect of FDI on SOEs …

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Blessing or Curse? Domestic Plants' Survival and Employment Prospects After Foreign Acquisition

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper investigates whether the acquisition of a domestic establishment by a foreign owner has any effects, positive or negative, on the survival prospects and employment growth of that plant. The empirical analysis uses data from the Annual Respondents Database (ARD) for the UK electronics...

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Regional Underdevelopment: Is FDI the Solution? A Semiparametric Analysis

Girma, Sourafel; Wakelin, Katharine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

productivity realisations. The FDI spillover literature has so far abstracted from the selection problem generated by plant exit …

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Exporting, Linkages and Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Pisu, Mauro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

spillovers from export oriented vs domestic market oriented FDI, and allow for differing effects depending on domestic firms …

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Foreign Ownership, Returns to Scale and Productivity: Evidence from UK Manufacturing Establishments

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This paper calculates returns to scale and productivity growth in UK manufacturing establishments in the electronics and food industries. Our results show that foreign establishments tend to have lower returns to scale than their domestic counterparts. We also examine the effect of the...

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