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Leader Networks and Transaction Costs : A Chinese Experiment in Interjurisdictional Contracting

Chau, Nancy H. - 2016

Do leader networks promote efficient intergovernmental contracts? We examine a groundbreaking policy in China where …

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Catão, Luis; de Faria, Pedro; Martins, António; … - 2023

globalization on firm-level performance along four dimensions: ownership of capital, employment of foreign-seasoned managers, and …

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Firms' Global Engagement and Management Practices

Görg, Holger - 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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Home Market Effect Versus Multinationals

Toulemonde, Eric - 2007

We develop a model with two asymmetric countries. Firms choose the number and the location of plants that they operate. The production of each firm increases when trade costs fall. The fall also induces multinationals to repatriate their production into a single country, which is likely to be...

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Drivers and Impacts in the Globalization of Corporate R&D : An Introduction Based on the European Experience

Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro - 2014

The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: "Globalization and Corporate R&D" forthcoming …

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Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing Across 47 Countries

Martins, Pedro S. - 2010

We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000 multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering 47 home and host countries. We find considerable...

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Social Norms in Networks

Ushchev, Philip - 2019

Although the linear-in-means model is the workhorse model in empirical work on peer effects, its theoretical properties are understudied. In this study, we develop a social-norm model that provides a microfoundation of the linear-in-means model and investigate its properties. We show that...

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Peer Effects in Networks : A Survey

Bramoulle, Yann - 2020

We survey the recent, fast-growing literature on peer effects in networks. An important recurring theme is that the causal identification of peer effects depends on the structure of the network itself. In the absence of correlated effects, the reflection problem is generally solved by network...

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Peer Networks and Entrepreneurship : A Pan-African RCT

Vega-Redondo, Fernando - 2020

Can large-scale peer interaction foster entrepreneurship and innovation? We conducted an RCT involving almost 5,000 entrepreneurs from 49 African countries. All were enrolled in an online business course, and the treatment involved random assignment to either face-to-face or virtual...

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Social Capital, Networks, and Economic Wellbeing

Hellerstein, Judith K. - 2020

One definition of social capital is the "networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively". This definition of social capital highlights two key features. First, it refers to connections between people, shifting our...

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