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Using a one-step stochastic frontier model for five developing countries (Brazil, Morocco, Pakistan, South Africa, and Vietnam), we show that foreign firms benefit from a better investment climate, which significantly explains why they are more efficient than local firms. Unlike former studies,...
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In an effort to shed some light on the larger question of labor standardsvand globalization, we seek to examine … higher wages. This framework provides a direct test of the relationship between meas ures of globalization and labor …
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Preface Over the last decade and a half the global economic order has been undergoing major changes. While this may be thought to reflect the results of a multilateral and participatory process involving debate and negotiations, in reality it has been mostly driven by the economic interests of...
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achieve high growth rates in developing countries? If harnessing the gains from globalization requires additional policies …
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discourse on IP and globalization. The one is interested in advancing the knowledge economy, an approach based on the belief … advance the process of globalization. While the former is strongly motivated by new economic growth theory, as for example … advanced by Stanford professor Paul Romer, the latter is based on typical anti-globalization arguments, such as for example the …
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about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth especially in developing countries. This paper …
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This paper evaluates the impacts of globalization on quality of life, particularly on human development, gender … countries covering nine years from 1997, it shows that globalization (in terms of its comprehensive indexes and key elements … three aspects of globalization (economic, social and political) contribute to the overall effect of globalization. In …
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This paper examines the impact of strengthening Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on within-country income inequality for a cross-section of 65 developed and developing countries for the time period 1995-2009.Our results indicate that strengthening of IPRs has led to an increase in income...
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driven by two different camps. On one side are those who associate IP with the negative side effects of Globalization and see …
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The globalization process is significantly affecting the economic and commercial life of nations. With increasing … specialized jobs is still great. But, at the same time, the imperatives of globalization require the managers of the twenty … practices. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the elements of globalization, which affect business and management …
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