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Diaspora Direct Investment Policy: Options for Development
Rodríguez-Montemayor, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
types of FDI, particularly during unfavorable economic conditions, because of the emotional connections of diaspora members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654747
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Towards an Evaluation of Regional Integration in Latin America in the 1990s
Devlin, Robert; French-Davis, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
agreements -free trade areas or customs unions- since 1990 with a handful more in varying degrees of negotiation (see Table 1 …]). Indeed, now Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong are the only World Trade Organization (WTO) members which are not signatories to … at least one preferential trade agreement (WTO [1995]). Regional integration is not new to Latin America. Economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944315
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Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems : Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?
Pietrobelli, Carlo; Rabellotti, Roberta - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper addresses two research questions: How do learning mechanisms operate in different types of global value chains? What is the supporting role of the innovation system in GVC-driven learning and innovation processes? Empirical evidence is used from the authors' research as well as...
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Accessing the Global Value Chain in a Changing Institutional Environment: Comparing Aeronautics and Coffee
Cafaggi, Fabrizio; Swensson, Luana F. Joppert; Junior, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The aim of the paper, based on empirical research in Brazil, is to investigate how supply chains have evolved over time, what factors have driven this evolution and also how a specific set of contractual practices along these chains is linked to access to international markets. The two selected...
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Contracting Institutions and the Insertion of LAC in International Production Networks
Blyde, Juan S. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
exclusively on arm's-length transactions but engage in both types of sourcing via arm's-length and intra-firm trade. Results from … likely to improve first the chances of supplying contract-intensive activities through FDI, but further increases may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652753
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Inter-Firm Linkages and Finance in Value Chains
Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth; Pietrobelli, Carlo; Kamiya, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The literature on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance highlights linkages with large firms in value chains as a possible way to enhance access to credit. However, much of the literature on value chains emphasizes issues of coordination and governance of those linkages and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653262
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Can Mexico Set Up in the Aerospace and the Software and IT Global Value Chains as a High-Value-Added Player?
Brown-Grossman, Flor; Domínguez-Villalobos, Lilia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study is an effort to identify the process by which firms venture into GVCs and the obstacles faced by firms once they have been immersed in it. We have focused on two particular GVCs: the aerospace GVC and the software and IT services GVC. Through the case studies, we analyzed the nature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653787
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Insertion of Costa Rica in Global Value Chains: A Case Study
Monge-González, Ricardo; Zolezzi, Sandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study sheds light on how Costa Rica's insertion in global value chains occurs by examining governance patterns, the type of activities involved, and the level of underlying innovation in the selected value chain. The paper describes in detail two case studies of electronic-related companies...
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The Role of Foreign Technology and Indigenous Innovation in the Emerging Economies: Technological Change and Catching Up
Fu, Xiaolan; Pietrobelli, Carlo; Soete, Luc - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
presents original evidence and argues that, despite the potential offered by globalisation and a liberal trade regime, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654646
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International Product Fragmentation and the Insertion of Latin America and the Caribbean in Global Production Networks: Colombian Case Studies
Arjona, Marcela Meléndez; Uribe, Maria José - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Understanding the drivers of international production fragmentation is an important issue for Latin American and Caribbean countries because participation in global production networks can help mitigate instability due to dependence on natural resources and can provide opportunities for further...
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