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Trust-based work-time and product improvements : evidence from firm level data

Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2014

We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …

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What role for Chinese FDI in Africa? : new survey evidence from Ethiopia and Ghana

Ackah, Charles; Alemayehu Geda Fole; Görg, Holger; … - 2024

all types of firms are engaged in limited R&D and innovation activity and their transfer to host countries in both …

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Outsourcing, offshoring and innovation : evidence from firmlevel data for emerging economies

Fritsch, Ursula; Görg, Holger - 2013

investigates the link between outsourcing and innovation empirically using firm-level data for over 20 emerging market economies …

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Suppliers of multinationals and the forced linkage effect : evidence from firm level data

Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger - 2013

Using information on more than 1000 firms in a number of emerging countries, we find quantitative evidence that suppliers of multinationals that are pressured by their customers to reduce production costs or develop new products have higher productivity growth than other firms, including other...

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Foreign direct investment, access to finance, and innovation activity in Chinese enterprises

Girma, Sourafel (contributor); Gong, Yundan (contributor); … - 2008

This paper investigates the link between inward FDI and innovation activity in China, using a very comprehensive and … through which FDI affects the innovation of domestic private and collectively owned enterprises. …

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Services outsourcing and innovation : an empirical investigation

Görg, Holger (contributor); Hanley, Aoife (contributor) - 2008

outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as predicted … instrumental variables analysis. -- International services outsourcing ; innovation ; R&D …

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Multinationales as stabilizers? : Economic crisis, access to finance, and employment growth

Álvarez, Roberto; Görg, Holger - 2011

This paper examines the comparative response of multinationals and domestic firms to an economic crisis, using the empirical setting of a well defined case of economic slowdown in Chile. We find that employment in manufacturing plants has been drastically reduced during the economic crisis. Our...

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