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Chinese returnees and high-tech sector outward FDI : the case of Changzhou
Chen, Zhao; Fang, Tony - 2016
2008-10 survey of China's High-tech firms, conducted by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, to estimate the …The rapid growth and high levels of internationalization by Chinese firms, raise a natural interest in the study of the … factors which have led the notable international presence of Chinese firms. To contribute to this effort, we use data from the …
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Importing political polarization? : the electoral consequences of rising trade exposure
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; … - 2020
to the divisive 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising import competition by China …
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Do foreign owners favor short-term profit? : evidence from Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Smith, Stephen C. - 2014
foreign countries; rather, results point in the direction of more general features of corporate globalization. …
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Foreign ownership and intra-firm union density in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2017
From a theoretical viewpoint the relationship between foreign ownership and unionization is ambiguous. On the one hand, foreign owners have better opportunities to undermine workers' unionization. On the other hand, workers of foreign-owned firms have an increased demand for the protection...
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Firms' global engagement and management practices
Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2017
We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. Using new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of management practices in Germany, we calculate...
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Minimum global tax : winners and losers in the race for mergers and acquisitions
Amendolagine, Vito; Bruno, Randolph; Cipollina, Maria; … - 2023
This study aims to quantify the impact of the global minimum corporate tax rate - a pillar of the OECD's reform of international taxation - on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving large multinational enterprises (MNEs). First, the influence of differences in capital taxation on...
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Corporate globalization and worker representation
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2024
This chapter reviews research on the linkages between corporate globalization and worker representation. Studies have …
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Heterogeneous immigrants and foreign direct investment : the role of language skills
Lücke, Matthias; Heidland, Tobias - 2015
We investigate the interplay of language skills and immigrant stocks in determining bilateral FDI out-stocks of OECD reporting countries. Applying a Poisson panel estimator to 2004-2011 data, we find a robust positive effect of bilateral immigrants on bilateral FDI – provided that residents of...
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Employment effects of privatisation and foreign acquisition of Chinese state-owned enterprises
Gong, Yundan (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper investigates the effects of domestic privatisation or foreign acquisition of Chinese State Owned Enterprises … (SOEs) on employment growth, using firm level data for China and a combination of propensity score matching and difference …
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Investment liberalisation, technology take-off and export market entry : does foreign ownership structure matter?
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; … - 2015
Before and after its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has undergone a far-reaching investment liberalisation. As … positively to China's "science and technology take-off". …
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